Assembly Floor
- Jim Wood
Person
The Assembly is now in session. Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry notices the absence of a quorum. The sergeant at arms will prepare the chamber, bring in the absent Members. The Clerk will call the roll.
- Committee Secretary
Person
[Roll Call]
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you to the 18 Members today of the on time caucus. Thank you very much. It's just what it's doing is taking numbers from 2022. Yeah, no, it was. There's it. Members, please come to the floor of the Assembly. 10:00 a.m. is when the big hand is on the 12 and the little hand is on the 10. And that happened 25 minutes ago. We have a lot of work ahead of us. Members, please report to the floor of the Assembly.
- Jim Wood
Person
Members, a quorum is present. We ask our guests and visitors in the rear of the chamber and in the gallery to please stand for the prayer and the flag salute. The day's prayer will be offered by our Assembly chaplain, Imam Yasir Khan.
- Imam Khan
Person
In the name of God, the most gracious, the most merciful, Almighty God, illuminate the path for the Members of this Assembly as they embark on their deliberations, endow them with the virtues of wisdom, empathy, and valor, ensuring their choices reflect a commitment to equity and common welfare, nurture a bond of collaboration and esteem among them, fostering an environment where constructive conversations and collective action thrive.
- Imam Khan
Person
Shield them from discord, and direct their endeavors towards the flourishing of all under their stewardship. We seek your presence and aid in this work. Amin.
- Unidentified Speaker
Person
Amin.
- Jim Wood
Person
[Pledge of Allegiance]
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you. Assemblymember Nguyen will lead us in the pledge
- Jim Wood
Person
Reading the previous day's journal. Mister Curry moves and Mister Flores seconds that the reading of the previous day's journal be dispensed with. Presentations and petitions there are none. Introduction and reference of bills will be deferred. Reports of committees will be deemed read and amendments deemed adopted.
- Jim Wood
Person
Messages from the Governor, there are none. Messages from the Senate, there are none. Moving to motions and resolutions. The absences for the day will be deemed read and printed in the journal. Moving to procedural motions. Majority Leader Aguiar-Curry, you are recognized for your procedural motions.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Good morning, Mister Speaker. I request unanimous consent to suspend Assembly Rule 118 to allow Assemblymember Garcia to have special guests in the rear of the chamber today.
- Jim Wood
Person
Without objection, such shall be the order. Moving to announcements. Members, let us wish Assemblymember Maienschein a happy birthday today. Happy birthday, Assemblymember Maienschein. So before we get started, just a couple of things.
- Jim Wood
Person
We're going to start today's file order at file order 131 so that Members who had bills that were getting close to being heard yesterday will get a chance to have their bills heard earlier today. We typically start at the top of file, but we're going to do things a little bit differently.
- Jim Wood
Person
We are going to break for lunch at around noon. There are committees, budget subcommitee hearings that will be happening. We will be out for 2 hours and then reconvene. We have over 200 bills that are ready to be taken up today. We want to take up as many as we possibly can.
- Jim Wood
Person
So we'd ask that you be ready to present your bill when you are called upon. Let's see, today is eat more fruits and vegetables day. It's also my mom's birthday and I don't think that's a coincidence. So. So I'm going to wish my mom a happy birthday and let her know I had blueberries for breakfast. So.
- Jim Wood
Person
All right, we're going to now move to business on the daily file. I'm going to start with file item 131. We're going to pass temporarily on file 131. We'll now move to file item 132 AB 2355 by Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo. The clerk will read.
- Jim Wood
Person
The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2355 by Assembly Member Wendy Carrillo and others and act relating to political advertisements.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Carrillo, you are recognized.
- Wendy Carrillo
Person
Thank you Mister speaker. We're ready to rock and roll with those fruits and veggies this morning.
- Wendy Carrillo
Person
I am proud to present AB 2355 which will require a disclosure when generative AI is used in electrical advertisement in electoral advertising advertising to substantially alter existing media or create content that would falsely appeal to be authentic to a real person.
- Wendy Carrillo
Person
As this technology becomes cheaper, faster, and easier for the public to use and is embraced by candidates and political campaigns, its effect on democracy requires us to act now. In this environment, sensible regulations that protect free political expression and speech are vital to get ahead of this technology.
- Wendy Carrillo
Person
This Bill has received bipartisan support and I respectfully request and aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Aye's 41, no 0, measure passes. Moving to file item 133.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Bill 2357 by Doctor Bains. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2357 by Assembly Member Bains an act relating to the University of California.
- Jim Wood
Person
Doctor Bains, you are recognized.
- Jasmeet Bains
Legislator
Thank you, Mister Speaker. AB 2357 the Grow our own Bill creates an Endowment Fund and is a foundational first step towards establishing a University of California medical school in Kern County.
- Jasmeet Bains
Legislator
A medical school will provide the catalyst we need to improve healthcare access for one of California's most medically underserved areas for medical professionals with roots in the San Joaquin Valley, specifically in Kern County. In its research, the University of California identified the valley as the state's fastest growing, most impoverished, and least healthy region.
- Jasmeet Bains
Legislator
The valley has the lowest ratio of licensed MD's, DO's NP's, RN's, marriage and family therapists, counselors, and social workers in the state. Training future physicians locally will allow us to create good paying jobs and diversify our economy, which is critically needed right now for Kern, county, medical schools attract substantial business investment across healthcare and other sectors.
- Jasmeet Bains
Legislator
By recruiting, educating, and training the next generation of physicians locally, Kern County can begin to erode the inequity of decades long doctor shortages that have contributed to the poor health outcomes of residents in the San Joaquin Valley. This Bill is an essential step in expanding healthcare access, enhancing our economy, and improving career pathways in the valley.
- Jasmeet Bains
Legislator
I did want to share a story when I first came to the Legislature. I would ask kids in the district what they want to be when they grow up, and I asked them to raise their hand if they want to be a Doctor. No kid would raise their hand in any class.
- Jasmeet Bains
Legislator
After this Bill was introduced about two weeks ago, I entered a fifth grade class and I asked, who wants to be a Doctor, guys? Everybody rose their hand and I asked the teacher, I said, where did this come from? She said, they all learned about your Bill.
- Jasmeet Bains
Legislator
They all have been researching it, and they're all excited for the opportunity. Our Central Valley kids, especially our kids in Kernm County, are so smart. They're so amazing. They just don't get access to higher educational opportunities. And you can't be what you can't see, what you can't believe.
- Jasmeet Bains
Legislator
And this is the first step to create that pathway for kids to become physicians in an area where I grew up, and I didn't ever think that I could become a physician. This is an honor to put this Bill forward. Thank you to everyone that has supported this Bill. And I thankfully and respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you Doctor Baines. Mister Bryan, you are recognized.
- Isaac Bryan
Legislator
Thank you Mister Speaker and colleagues. I stand in strong support of AB 2357. This endowment is really, really important for Kern County. And I want to thank our colleague from Kern County for reminding us how important it is to make these structural investments that allow for new investments to come into areas that have been historically deprived.
- Isaac Bryan
Legislator
I also want to thank her for her example as a physician in that area. Again, respectfully ask your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Aye's 53, no, 0. Measure passes. Members, we're going back to announcements.
- Jim Wood
Person
I want to on behalf of Assembly Member Schiavo, please welcome guests from the Heschel Day School that are joining us in the gallery today. Welcome. Welcome to Sacramento. Enjoy your day here. I was so excited to move to Assembly third reading that I forgot to start at the top.
- Jim Wood
Person
So we're going to move to business on the daily file. We're going to remove file item number one from the inactive file. The file number one is a notice under reconsideration. All items shall be continued. And now we're back where we're supposed to be. File item 134, Assembly Bill 2638 by Assembly Member Petrie-Norris.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 2368 by Assembly Petrie Norris and after linked electricity.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member, you are recognized.
- Cottie Petrie-Norris
Legislator
Thank you, Mister speaker. Good morning Members. I rise to present AB 2368 a bill to improve California's electric system reliability. The bill will ensure that reliability planning at the CPUC and Caiso is consistent. In addition, the bill will direct the CPUC to regularly conduct an assessment of midterm reliability.
- Cottie Petrie-Norris
Legislator
The bill has received unanimous bipartisan support and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you, Assemblymember Petrie Norris. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those votes, vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the vote's. Ayes 52, noes zero measure passes. Moving to file item 135.
- Jim Wood
Person
AB 2376 by Doctor Bains.
- Unidentified Speaker
Person
The Clerk will read assignment Bill 2376 by some Member Baines and afterlining to health facilities.
- Jim Wood
Person
Doctor Bains, you are recognized.
- Jasmeet Bains
Legislator
Thank you, Mister Speaker. AB 2376 eliminates bureaucratic red tape preventing hospitals from expanding chemical dependency recovery services. This Bill expands on current law by adding additional flexibility for hospitals wishing to add chemical dependency recovery services and allows patients to begin treatment in a hospital setting.
- Jasmeet Bains
Legislator
This is a very critical, important Bill to make sure people have access to addiction treatment, and this Bill has received unanimous and bipartisan support and has no registered opposition. I respectfully ask for Aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes, 48. No, 0. Measure passes. Moving to file item 136. AB 2381 by Assembly Member Bonta.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assignment Bill 2381 by Senator Bonta. An act relating to child care.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assemblymember Bonta, you are recognized.
- Mia Bonta
Legislator
Good morning, Mister Speaker and Members. Today I am proud to present AB 20 through 81, which would allow our state preschool programs to continue to be funded based on enrollment rather than attendance. The California State Preschool program provides educational experiences for Low income, disadvantaged children aged three to five.
- Mia Bonta
Legislator
During the Covid-19 pandemic, these programs were reimbursed based on enrollment rather than a formula that is based on attendance. However, this provision is about to expire on June 30th, 2025. Unfortunately, payments based on attendance are unpredictable.
- Mia Bonta
Legislator
If providers are unable to anticipate which children will be present on any given day, they cannot anticipate how many staff they will need. This can lead to staffing costs that exceed the state reimbursement amount.
- Mia Bonta
Legislator
Continued funding based on enrollment will provide our state preschool programs with a stable funding source, enabling them to focus more on the sustainability and quality of their programs. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 54, no zero. Measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving to file item 137 AB 2383 by Assembly Member Wendy Carrillo. The Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 2383 by Assembly Member Wendy Carrillo and others an accolade to Developmental Services
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Carrillo, you are recognized.
- Wendy Carrillo
Person
Thank you Mister speaker and Members. I am proud to present AB 2383 Darby's Law, which will ensure that middle income families with developmentally disabled children are informed about available programs they would likely qualify for to allow their child to receive Medi Cal without their parents income taken into consideration.
- Wendy Carrillo
Person
These funds are already available to middle income families in need and we should create a pathway for those families to receive and access those funds. This Bill has received unanimous bipartisan support and has no opposition.
- Wendy Carrillo
Person
I want to thank my friend and former Assembly Member Jim Frazier for bringing this Bill to my office alongside the Arc of California in an effort to help more families and I respectfully request an Aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes, 52. No, 0. measure passes. Moving to file item 138, AB 2388 by Assembly Member Joe Patterson.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 2388 by Assembly Joe Patterson. An act relating to personal information.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Patterson, you are recognized.
- Joe Patterson
Legislator
Thank you Mister speaker. Members, AB 2388 updates a nearly 50 year old law on state agencies keeping your personal information private and I'd like to say I'm confident it's even going to be supported by my friend from Bakersfield right here. With that, I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate and your friend from Bakersfield being present, Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 50, noes zero. Measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving to file item 139, AB 2401 by assemblymember Ting. Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 2401 by Assemblymember Ting and others an act relating to air pollution.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assemblymember Ting, you are whenever you're ready.
- Philip Ting
Person
Thank you Mister Speaker. AB 2401 maximizes our clean CARB for all program by making sure we codified. The expanded statewide program requires better data collection. It also requires the CARB to focus on incentives for more low income drivers in older vehicles as well as vehicle mile driven. With that I respectfully ask for an aye vote on AB 2401.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote to desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 53, no zero. Measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving to file item 140, AB 2416 by Assembly Member Connolly. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2416 by Assembly Member Connolly and act relating to insurance.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Connolly, you may proceed.
- Damon Connolly
Legislator
Thank you Mister speaker and Members, good morning. Proud today to present AB 2416 a Bill that would require the California Department of Insurance to review the safer from wildfire regulations every three years starting on or before December 31, 2027.
- Damon Connolly
Legislator
This is an issue, as we all know, that is near and dear to communities throughout the state where wildfire risks are high and insurance is increasingly unaffordable and absent, the Safer from Wildfires Program is the only avenue open to consumers to receive direct discounts for hardening their homes and neighborhoods.
- Damon Connolly
Legislator
While CDI works on other strategies to improve the insurance market in California, AB 2416 is a reasonable step the Legislature can take to help consumers save money on their insurance bills and reduce the risk of disaster for vulnerable communities and the families that live there. Thank you and I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Aye's 41, no's 13, measure passes. Moving to file item 142. AB 2423 by Mister Mathis presented by Assemblymember Grayson.
- Jim Wood
Person
The Clerk will read
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 2423 by Senator Mathis and others an accolade to Developmental Services.
- Jim Wood
Person
Member Grayson, you are recognized.
- Timothy Grayson
Legislator
Good morning Mister speaker. Members, I rise to representative AB 2423 on behalf of my colleague from Porterville. AB 2423 would require the Department of Development Services DDS to biannually review and update the service provider rate models per the cost inputs available at the time of the review.
- Timothy Grayson
Legislator
Since the enactment of the Lanterman Development Disability Services act in 1977, the state, through DDS, has accepted responsibility for providing services and overseeing the coordination and delivery of care and treatment to those with intellectual and development disability and their families.
- Timothy Grayson
Legislator
In 2019, DDS completed a rate study on the sustainability, quality, and transparency of community based services for individuals with development disability and recommended increasing the payment rates for services. Fortunately, in response to the rate study, the state enacted legislation in 2021 requiring DDS to incrementally increase rates between April 2022 and and July 2025.
- Timothy Grayson
Legislator
However, despite these positive steps, there is currently no requirement in law to keep the rate models updated and as such, many areas have already become outdated.
- Timothy Grayson
Legislator
AB 2423 addresses a longstanding funding issue and ensures that Regional Centers are provided with the necessary resources to provide those within the IDD community with the services and care that they deserve. The Bill received unanimous bipartisan support. I respectfully ask for an Aye vote.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Seeing no others wishing to speak, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote, all those votes who desire to vote, all those votes who desire to vote, the Clerk will close the roll. Ayes, 56. No, 0. Measure passes. Moving on to item number 143.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Irwin, you may open.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2426 by Assembly Member Irwin, an act relating to Consumer Protection.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
AB 2426 the Clerk will read.
- Jacqui Irwin
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. I'm pleased to present AB 2426 today. When a consumer goes online to purchase a movie, an ebook, or a video game, they are often presented with an option to buy that digital good. In completing the transaction, consumers are led to believe they now own a copy of that purchased digital good.
- Jacqui Irwin
Legislator
In reality, though, consumers are only receiving a digital license that the seller can revoke at any time. AB 2426 addresses this issue of misinformation by requiring sellers of digital goods to increase the transparency of these transactions, helping consumers truly understand the nature of their digital purpose. Thank you, and I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote, all those votes who desire to vote, all those votes who desire to vote, the Clerk will close the roll aye's 59, no 0, measure passes. Moving on to item number 145.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
AB 2436 the Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2436. By Assembly Member, Alanis an act relating to cattle and make an appropriation therefore.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Alanis, you may open.
- Juan Alanis
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. Good morning everyone. I rise to present AB 2436. This Bill aims to ensure the Bureau of Livestock Identification can perform vital livestock inspection services while remaining revenue neutral by adjusting their statutory fees to coincide with costs.
- Juan Alanis
Legislator
The CDFA's Bureau of Livestock Identification is financed entirely by brand registration fees and inspection fees paid for by the California producers. Recently, inflationary pressures, the transitions to an electric vehicle fleet and furtherance of the state's climate goals and other economic pressures have increased the bureau's operating expenses in recent years.
- Juan Alanis
Legislator
This legislation will support the bureau in containing of safeguards of cattle producers against theft and misappropriations of livestock. This Bill has no votes against it and has a bipartisan support and I respectfully ask your aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wish to speak, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote, all those votes who desire to vote, all those votes who desire to vote, the Clerk will close the roll Aye's 56, no's 0, measure passes. Moving on to item number 146.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
AB 2440 The Clerk will read
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 2440 by Assembly Member Reyes an accolade to environmental protection.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Reyes, you may open.
- Eloise Gómez Reyes
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. Members AB 2440 will incorporate the state parks Department and other agencies managing state owned lands into the 30 by 30 goal.
- Eloise Gómez Reyes
Legislator
As chair of the Select Committee on State Parks, equitable access to the outdoors has been my number one priority, and this Bill will also require the Legislature receive an annual update on progress towards expanding access to nature for all Californians. This is a support support Bill has received bipartisan support and has received no no votes. I respectfully ask for your Aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote, the Clerk will close the roll. Ayes, 57. No, 0. Measure passes. Moving on to item number 147.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2452 by Assembly Member Quirk-Silva an act relating to CalWORKS
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
AB 2452 the Clerk will read.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Quirk-Silva. You may open.
- Sharon Quirk-Silva
Legislator
Thank you Madam Speaker and Members, today I rise to present Assembly Bill 2452. This Bill will standardize a monthly payment for transportation costs for people participating in the California Work Opportunity Program who are already approved for transportation support. This Bill will help lessen administrative burdens for county welfare administrators and streamline transportation benefits directly qualifying program participants.
- Sharon Quirk-Silva
Legislator
I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote, all those votes who desire to vote, all those votes who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Aye's 44, no 0. Measure passes.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Moving on to item number 148, AB 2454. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2454 by Assemblymember Lee. An act relating to drinking water.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assemblymember Lee, you may open.
- Alex Lee
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. This Bill follows up on my work related domestic wells and insurance safe drinking water for all. This Bill has no opposition and I respectively ask for aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 43. Noes 0. Measure passes.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
We're going to pass temporarily on item number 150, taking us to item number 152, AB 2469. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2469 by the Committee on Emergency Management and others. An act relating to emergency services.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assemblymember Rodriguez, you may open.
- Freddie Rodriguez
Person
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. Thank you for opportunity to present AB 2469 which will keep California in the interstate Emergency Management Assistant Compact indefinitely and extend the wildfire mitigation program by five years. The Emergency Management Assistant Compact, or EMAC, is a national interstate mutual aid program that enables states to share resources in times of disasters.
- Freddie Rodriguez
Person
Thousands of personnel each year are deployed on EMAC missions during fires, floods and other disasters, and California has been a significant beneficiary of aid. Scientists tell us that large scale disasters are only going to get worse with climate change. This Bill repeals the sunset date of California participation in EMAC in order to continue having access to interstate emergency aid indefinitely. Additionally, the California Wildfire Mitigation Program, or CWMP, is a state home hardening initiative to retrofit, harden and create defensible space for homes at high risk to wildfires, especially in vulnerable to low to moderate income communities.
- Freddie Rodriguez
Person
Six pilot projects with federally matching funding are already approved. However, these projects will not be complete before the current sunset date, which would mean returning millions of federal funds to FEMA. This Bill simply extends the sunset date by the CMWP by five years in order to allow these projects to be completed and make our communities more resilient to wildfires. With that, I respect to ask for your aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 52. Ayes 54. Pardon me. Noes 0. Measure passes. Now taking us to item number 153, AB 2471.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2471 by Assemblymember Jim Patterson and others. An act relating to professions and vocations.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Jim Patterson, you may open.
- Jim Patterson
Person
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. Public health nurses play a crucial role in their communities by promoting better health and ensuring that the most vulnerable individuals have access to healthcare, though their scope of practice does not extend beyond that of a registered nurse. What AB 2471 would do would be to simplify the certification process and eliminate an unnecessary extra renewal fee that they have been paying every two years, in addition to those regular RN renewal fees. It is critical that we support nurses in our communities now more than ever.
- Jim Patterson
Person
Obviously, we have shortages, particularly these retired nurses who wish to return to nursing. So by removing the additional requirements and the associated fees. This Bill helps to reduce the financial burden for those nurses and to help our communities recruit retired nurses into the workforce. This reduces impediments for these retired nurses to come back into the workforce. There is no opposition. This Bill has received unanimous support. I ask for your aye vote. Thank you.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote,. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 51. Ayes 52. Noes 0. Measure passes. Members, we're going to go back to item number 150, AB 2465.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2465 by Assembly Member Gipson and others an act relating to equity.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Gipson, you may open.
- Mike Gipson
Legislator
Thank you very much, Madam Speaker. Members, thank you for allowing me to present Assembly Bill 2465. Assembly Bill 2465 have received bipartisan support and received no no votes. I respectfully ask for an aye vote,
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote, all those votes who desire to vote, all those vote who desire to vote, all those votes who desire to vote, the Clerk will close the roll. Aye's 42. No's 0, measure passes.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
We are back on file item number 154. AB 2473. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2473 by the Committee on Education, an act relating to pupil instruction and making appropriation therefore.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Muratsuchi, you may open.
- Al Muratsuchi
Legislator
Thank you very much, Members. With California voters passing Proposition 28, we're supposed to have more funding for art and music programs. With that additional funding, we need more art, music, dance and theater teachers. This Bill is a Committee Bill to get more art, music, dance and theater teachers. Bipartisan support. No no votes. No opposition. Ask for aye vote,
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote, all those votes. Votes who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, the Clerk will close the roll. Aye's 52, no's, aye's 51. No 0, measure passes.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Members, we're going to jump back to item number 131, AB 2353. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2353 by Assemblymember Ward. An act relating to taxation.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assemblymember Ward, you may open.
- Chris Ward
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. AB 2353 would reduce the cost of developing affordable housing by allowing nonprofit affordable housing developers to withhold relevant tax payments without penalty while their welfare exemption applications are under review. If the property is deed restricted and the developer has received a clearance certificate from the BOE, I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 52. Noes 0. Measure passes. Going to item number 155, AB 2475.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2475 by Assembly Member Haney an accolade to parole.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Haney, you may open.
- Matt Haney
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members, when somebody is released from state custody, we have a responsibility to make sure that they are released safely.
- Matt Haney
Legislator
Right now, when somebody is paroled from a state mental hospital back into the community, somebody who had a mental illness that is connected to a violent crime, the state only has five days to release that person safely into a community.
- Matt Haney
Legislator
There is an incredible amount of work that needs to be done when we release somebody in this situation to ensure the safety of the community and the safety of the individual. Medication, housing, continued treatment, and five days simply is not enough.
- Matt Haney
Legislator
We had a very tragic, disastrous situation in San Francisco involving an individual who was in this situation.
- Matt Haney
Legislator
This Bill would extend the amount of time that the state and localities have to release someone safely from five days to up to 30 days so that we can make sure we have an adequate level of care, of treatment, of housing, of medication, so that the community can be kept safe.
- Matt Haney
Legislator
This has had broad bipartisan support, and it will help support the safety of our communities. For individuals who are being released back out from mental hospitals, respectfully ask for your Aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote, all those votes who desire to vote, all those votes who desire to vote, the Clerk will close the roll. Ayes, 57. No, 0. Measure passes. Moving on to item number 156, AB 2479.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
The Clerk will read.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assembly Member Haney, you are recognized.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2479 by Assembly Member Haney and others an act relating to housing.
- Matt Haney
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. This Bill will align California's housing first policies with federal housing guidelines. Right now, we have people who need to get off of the streets, but still have tremendous needs in terms of care, in terms of treatment.
- Matt Haney
Legislator
Our state has housing first for that reason, to make sure they have a place to go.
- Matt Haney
Legislator
But some of those folks need to also be in an environment where they can be entirely away from drug use, where they can be a part of an environment of accountability with other people who are committed to sobriety, committed to a path of a life without drugs.
- Matt Haney
Legislator
Right now, that option isn't available for many people, in part because our housing first policies in California do not allow for us to fund these drug free recovery environments. That makes no sense.
- Matt Haney
Legislator
We should not force people to be living next to folks who are still using drugs if they know that for them they need to be entirely away from it. This is about having options that work. There are still people who are not ready for that. They still have those options.
- Matt Haney
Legislator
But we need to be able to provide options for anyone who wants to be on a path of recovery to have that option of sober housing, of drug free recovery housing. We need to update our housing first guidelines in order to do this. This has had also broad bipartisan support.
- Jim Wood
Person
Mister Hoover, you are recognized.
- Matt Haney
Legislator
It is a part of what we need to do to confront the fentanyl and opioid epidemic in our state with options, and this will help us do that by giving people an option of recovery and treatment. Respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Josh Hoover
Legislator
Thank you Mister Speaker. I just want to rise in support of this Bill and commend the author for his work on this important legislation to provide what I really see as much needed flexibility in how we're spending our homelessness dollars. We have to do something differently in order to get better results in California.
- Josh Hoover
Legislator
I have some amazing programs in my district that have up to 75% success rates of getting people's lives back on track, but they don't qualify for a dollar of state funding because they do require sobriety as a prerequisite for participation.
- Josh Hoover
Legislator
I think this Bill is going to move us in the right direction towards increasing the flexibility of our dollars and just want to would urge and aye vote. Thank you.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Aye's 59, no 0, measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving to file item 157, AB 2485 by Assemblymember Juan Carrillo. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2485 by Assemblymember Juan Carrillo and others. An act relating to housing.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assemblymember Carrillo, you're recognized.
- Juan Carrillo
Legislator
Thank you Mister Speaker. I rise to present Assembly Bill 2485. This Bill seeks to enhance transparency in the Department of Housing and Community Development regional housing needs calculation process by creating an advisory panel and requiring the publication of methodologies used on HCD's website. Given the importance of the RHNA process in alleviating the state's housing crisis, its visibility as it affects neighborhoods.
- Juan Carrillo
Legislator
And the sheer magnitude of housing need compared to what has been built in the past. There is a severe risk to the credibility of the process and it is insufficiently transparent, credible and robust. AB 2485 is focused on embedding inclusivity and transparency in HCD's calculation methodologies will ensure accuracy in their determinations. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 62. Noes 0. Measure passes. Moving to file item 158, AB 2490 by Assemblymember Petrie-Norris.
- Jim Wood
Person
The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2490 by Assembly Petrie-Norris. An act relating to healthcare.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Petrie-Norris, you are recognized.
- Cottie Petrie-Norris
Legislator
Thank you Mister Speaker. Members, I rise to present AB 2490 to expand and improve access to reproductive health care in emergency departments across our state. For many pregnant Californians, emergency rooms are the most accessible source source of medical care due to a lack of health insurance and increasing shortages of Primary Care Providers, OBGYNs and Reproductive Healthcare Clinics. Unfortunately, too many emergency departments and their staff are underprepared to ensure that patients get quality miscarriage, contraceptive and abortion related care.
- Cottie Petrie-Norris
Legislator
This puts some of our most vulnerable Californians at increased risk. AB 2490 will establish the Reproductive Health Emergency Preparedness program to expand and improve reproductive healthcare in emergency rooms all across the state. Because it should not matter where you live, to get good, safe reproductive health care in the State of California. Respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you, Assembly Member Petrie-Norris. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 49. Noes 0. 9. Excuse me, noes 9. Measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving to file item 159, AB 2492 by Assemblymember Irwin. The clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2492 by Assemblymember Irwin and others. An act relating to public post secondary education.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assemblymember Irwin, you're recognized.
- Jacqui Irwin
Legislator
Thank you very much. 2492 is a Bill that would provide supports to students, staff and faculty during Title IX proceedings at our institutions of higher education. AB 2492 would create two positions, a confidential advocate and a respondent coordinator on college campuses to assist students, staff and faculty who are involved in a Title IX adjudication process. AB 2492 will ensure that our colleges and units, universities, prioritize providing the support that students need during Title IX proceedings, which are often prolonged and confusing to all involved. Thank you and I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 59. Noes 0. Measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving to file item 160, AB 2507 by Assembly Member Friedman presented by Assembly Member Addis. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2507 by Assembly Member Friedman an act relating to student financial aid.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Addis, whenever you're ready.
- Dawn Addis
Legislator
Thank you Mister speaker. AB 2507 from Assembly Member Friedman has no opposition and has received bipartisan support and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Aye's 57, no's 1, measure passes. Moving to file item 161, AB 2508 by Assembly Member McCarty. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2508 by Assembly Member McCarty an act relating to student financial aid.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member McCarty, you are recognized.
- Kevin McCarty
Person
Thank you Mister Speaker. This relates to our CalKids program in California, which is a program for college savings accounts for kindergarteners and first graders. Unfortunately, foster kids, when they become foster kids after first grade, are no longer eligible for application and participation in the CalKids program. This would change eligibility.
- Kevin McCarty
Person
No new monies added to the program, but just expand access for our foster youth and with that, respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes. Aye's 58 no 0. Measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving to file item 162 AB 2509 by Assembly Member Kalra. The Clerk will read.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Bill 2509 by Assembly Member Kalra an accolade to food and Agriculture.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Kalra, please proceed.
- Ash Kalra
Legislator
Thank you Mister Speaker. AB 2509 would codify definitions of integrated pest management and invasive species and require the invasive Species Council of California to prioritize principles of integrated pest management in all of its activities.
- Ash Kalra
Legislator
Integrated pest management, also known as IPM, is a pest management strategy that seeks to maximize the effectiveness of pest management remedies while minimizing harm to people and the environment. It accomplishes this by moving away from traditional chemical only treatments in favor of nuanced solutions that utilize various pest management methods, including non chemical, biological, physical, and cultural techniques.
- Ash Kalra
Legislator
IPM status as an effective, environmentally friendly approach to pest management has caused it to become an increasingly popular subject of legislation. Unfortunately, there is no codified definition of IPM, leaving each piece of legislation to create its own. This can lead to confusion, delays in Bill implementation, and conflicting enforcement action.
- Ash Kalra
Legislator
AB 2509 addresses this issue by codifying the University of California IPM program's definition of IPM, numerous stakeholders came together to ensure that this definition balances important human health, environmental protection, and pest management needs. I respectfully ask for your Aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seen in hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes. Ayes, 58. No, 0. Measure passes. Moving to file item 163, AB 20515 by Assembly Member Papan.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2515 by Assembly Member Papan an act relating to public health.
- Jim Wood
Person
The Clerk will read.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Papan, you're recognized.
- Diane Papan
Legislator
Good morning Mister Speaker and Members. I rise today to present a Bill that is of personal importance to me. AB 2515 the Tampon Act. Take all menstrual products menstrual product PFA's out now. Otherwise known as tampon.
- Diane Papan
Legislator
This Bill will require the immediate removal of intentionally added PFA's from menstrual products and set a threshold of 10 parts per million for unintentionally added PFA's. AB 2515 is a reintroduction of a similar Bill I carried last year, which made it to the governor's desk, but was vetoed.
- Diane Papan
Legislator
In the governor's message, he asked that we work with the Department of Toxic Substance Control so that the Bill had a defined regulatory agency, and we're doing just that. My office has been working diligently with the opposition to come to an agreement on the mechanics of enforcement.
- Diane Papan
Legislator
No one disputes the value of the Bill, and I pledge to continue working with them as the Bill moves through the Senate. I'd also like to note that this is a priority Bill for reproductive freedom for all, and I respectfully request an aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you, Senator Papan. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote will those vote who desired to vote? Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Aye's 48 no's 0. Measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving to file item 164, AB 20518 by Assembly Member Davies. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 20518 by Assembly Member Davies and an accolade to firearms.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Davies, whenever you're ready.
- Laurie Davies
Legislator
Thank you, Mister speaker. Members, in recent years, our body has taken collective actions on addressing our gun violence epidemic, and that's why I'm proud to present AB 20518 which is the next step in common sense reform to this problem. Under current law, if an adult is convicted of a felony offense such as murder, upon the release.
- Laurie Davies
Legislator
As a condition of the release, they are prohibited from owning or possessing a firearm. However, the same condition does not apply to a minor convicted of the same crime. Upon their release. As long as they are over 30, they may walk into a firearm store and begin the process of attempting to purchase a firearm.
- Laurie Davies
Legislator
AB 20518 is a common sense and narrow Bill to say that any minor convicted of three heinous crimes, murder, attempted murder, or manslaughter, is subject to the same prohibition as an adult. This Bill has received a no vote and has supported from a wide array of organizations. I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you. I should say received no, no votes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you. Assembly Member Davies seeing and hearing no further debate. The clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Aye's 50, no's 0. Measure passes. Moving to file item 165. AB 2519 by Assembly Member Maienschein. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly 2519 by Assembly Member Maienschein an act relating to criminal sentencing.
- Brian Maienschein
Person
Thank you Mister speaker. Under current law, Penal Code Section 29805 prescribes a number of misdemeanor offenses that, upon conviction, prohibit a person from possessing a firearm for a period of 10 years. Some of these offenses include threatening public officials, assault and child abuse.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assemblymember Maienschein, please.
- Brian Maienschein
Person
However, if a defendant is charged with one of these crimes and is granted misdemeanor diversion, there is no ban on firearm possession. AB 2519 prohibits a defendant who receives misdemeanor diversion for a crime listed in Penal code Section 29805 from possessing a firearm until they have successfully completed diversion.
- Brian Maienschein
Person
Thank you and I respectfully request your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you Mister Maienschein.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll and tally the vote's aye's 55, no's 1, measure passes. Moving to file item 166, AB 2525 by Assembly Member Zbur.
- Jim Wood
Person
Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2525 by Assemblymember Zbur. An act relating to state highways.
- Jim Wood
Person
Mister Zbur whenever you're ready.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
Thank you Mister Speaker. Members, today I rise to present AB 2525. Sponsored by Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, this Bill will help the City of Los Angeles and governmental agencies in providing services to people experiencing homelessness. It will do this by streamlining the city's ability to lease property from the California Department of Transportation at a reduced rate to store recreational vehicles while the former inhabitants receive services to relieve homelessness. Data shows that nearly 6500 people experiencing homelessness in the City of Los Angeles are living in about 4000 RVs.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
That number, which has grown by 40% since 2018, represents 22% of the City of Los Angeles total unsheltered homeless population. Shortly after assuming office, Mayor Bass launched her signature program called Inside Safe, taking immediate citywide action to voluntarily bring people experiencing homelessness inside from tents and other encampments. To date, the program has addressed more than 39 encampments and has brought more than 2100 Angelenos inside where they benefit from case management, getting connected with supportive services, and receiving housing navigation services.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
In order to continue the success of the program, the City of Los Angeles is in need of additional locations to store the RVs that are surrendered off the streets as Los Angeles are moved into interim housing. AB 2525 will help streamline the provision of homeless relief services and promote long term housing stability and safety for people currently experiencing homelessness. I ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you Mister Zbur. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 47. Noes 9. Measure passes. Moving to file item 167.
- Jim Wood
Person
AB 2532 by Assembly Member Mathis. Presented by Assembly Member Chen. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2532 by Assembly Member Mathis and act relating to community colleges.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you Mister Chen.
- Phillip Chen
Legislator
Thank you. Mister Speaker. I rise to present AB 2532 on behalf of Assembly Member Mathis. This Bill would extend the sunset date that authorizes California community colleges to use a multi criteria screening tool for nursing applicants until 2030. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Mister Chen.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Aye's 58, no 0. Measure passes. Moving to file item 168. AB 2534 by Assembly Member Flora.
- Jim Wood
Person
The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2534 by Assemblymember Flora. An act relating to school employment.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assemblymember Flora.
- Heath Flora
Legislator
Thank you Mister Speaker. Proud to present AB 2534. This Bill mandates that applicants for certified positions at schools provide a complete list from previous employers. It will direct local educational agencies to actively inquire about verified past complaints of egregious misconduct and share relevant information with potential employers. This Bill promotes transparency in our education system and ensures more safety and accountability in our schools. Because respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Aye 58,. Noes 0. Measure passes. Moving now to file item 170.
- Jim Wood
Person
AB 2538 by Assembly Member Grayson. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2538 by Assembly Member Grayson an act relating to public employment.
- Timothy Grayson
Legislator
Thank you Mister Speaker. Members AB 2538 permits the Director of Forestry and forestry and Fire Protection CAL FIRE to authorize firefighters hired as permanent intermittent employees to serve for longer than nine months in a consecutive 12 month period.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Grayson.
- Timothy Grayson
Legislator
This will offer opportunities for those interested in becoming a CAL FIRE firefighter and help eliminate long working hours for already overworked firefighters. Thank you and I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further. Ah, I guess I didn't see well enough. How about seeing? Mister Rodriguez, you are recognized.
- Freddie Rodriguez
Person
Thank you, Mister Speaker. And Members, I rise as part of AB 2538 which will give CAL FIRE the needed flexibility to ensure that they have adequate staff to fight fires throughout the year. As we know, firefighters are yearly now, not just seasonal, but we need those more firefighters out there to protect our communities in California.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Waldron, you are recognized.
- Freddie Rodriguez
Person
So with that, I urge and aye vote on AB 2538.
- Marie Waldron
Person
Thank you Mister Speaker, Members, as a mom of a CAL FIRE EMT firefighter who went through two sessions of the seasonal employment being let go and then having to wait and try to get back on and kind of cuts into their training and the physical, you know, abilities that they're constantly doing when they're working.
- Marie Waldron
Person
And it makes a lot more sense for them to be able to continue that and keep up with the training of CAL FIRE rather than have to reapply every time. So I urge and aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Would you like to close Mister Grayson?
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you, Mister Grayson. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll and tally the vote's.
- Jim Wood
Person
Aye's 56, no 0, measure passes. We're going to pass temporarily on file item 171. Move now to file item 173, AB 2555 by Assembly Member Quirk-Silva.
- Jim Wood
Person
The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2555 by Assemblymember Quirk-Silva. An act relating to taxation, take effect immediately. Tax levy.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assemblymember Quirk-Silva, whenever you're ready.
- Sharon Quirk-Silva
Legislator
Good morning and thank you, Mister Speaker. I rise to present Assembly Bill 2555. This Bill has enjoyed unanimous bipartisan support. This Bill extends current tax exemption laws on medicinal cannabis donations for chronically medical patients and veterans for another five years until January 1, 2030. With the sunset date for SB 34 rapidly approaching, this cleanup Bill for veterans and medical patients would allow the Legislature to continue its compassionate stance towards medical cannabis donations for another five years. Respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you Assemblymember Quirk-Silva. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 60. Noes 0. Measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving to file item 174, AB 2561 by Assembly Member McKinnor. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2561 by Assembly Member McKinnor an act relating to public employment,
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member McKinnor, you are recognized.
- Tina McKinnor
Legislator
Mister Speaker and Members, I am here to present AB 2561 which will require local agencies with bargaining unit vacancy rates if you exceeding 10% for more than 180 days to produce, implement and publish a plan to fill remaining vacancies within 180 days.
- Tina McKinnor
Legislator
By mandating collaborative efforts between public agencies and recognized employee organizations to develop comprehensive plans to fill vacancies, this legislation promotes transparency, efficiency and staffing practices and positive labor relations. I firmly believe that through the implementation of these measures, we can fortify our public workforce and enhance our ability to serve the needs of our communities.
- Tina McKinnor
Legislator
I remain committed to exploring potential adjustments to ensure the effectiveness of this Bill. Our objective is to foster ongoing dialogue with both support and opposition, aiming to achieve a solution that serves the interests of all stakeholders and effectively tackles the labor crisis confronting local agencies in California. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
All those vote who desire to vote. move the call. Miss McKinnor moves the call. Moving to file item 175, AB 2564 by Assembly Member Berner.
- Jim Wood
Person
Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2564 by Assembly Boerner. An act relating to taxation and making appropriation therefore.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assemblymember Berner, you are recognized.
- Tasha Boerner
Legislator
Good Morning Mister Speaker and Members. I rise to present AB 2564 which would seek to secure a permanent funding source for the senior citizenship and disabled citizens Property Tax Postponement program. This program allows homeowners who are seniors, are blind or have a disability to defer current year property taxes on their principal residence if they meet certain criteria. This is the first year the state control's office has had to turn down homeowners from the program, potentially worsening our housing crisis. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. This is a 54 vote Bill Members. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Eyes 57 no zero. Measure passes. Moving to file item 177, AB 2578 by assemblymember Flora.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2578 by Assembly Member Flora an act relating to healing arts.
- Jim Wood
Person
The Clerk will read.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Flora, you are recognized.
- Heath Flora
Legislator
Thank you Mister Speaker. Happy to present. AB 2578 enables California resident nursing students enrolled in out of state distance learning programs to obtain the required clinical experiences at a California health facility. This major hopes to ease the nursing shortage and respectfully as REI vote seeing.
- Jim Wood
Person
And hearing no further seeing, Mister Gipson, you are recognized.
- Mike Gipson
Legislator
Thank you very much Mister speaker. I rise in support and thank the author for bringing 2578 before us today. Members, we have a nursing shortage in the State of California and we need to do everything that we can when you have students, California students on waiting lists at our community colleges, universities waiting to get in.
- Mike Gipson
Legislator
And this waiting list is three years long and we are bringing in nurses from other countries and we have travel nurses from other states. We have to do everything that we can to take care of our own children.
- Mike Gipson
Legislator
And opportunities like this Bill 2578 gives us the opportunities to making sure that one we can have additional frontline workers. I want to thank the author for bringing this Bill before us. Is respectfully asked for a strong aye vote
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you Mister Gipson.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing in hearing no further debate, Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Kirk will close the roll and tally the vote's aye's 58, no 0, measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving to file item 178 AB 2586 By Assembly Member Alvarez. The clerk will read
- Unidentified Speaker
Person
Assembly Bill 2586 by Senator Alvarez and others an accolade to public post secondary education.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Alvarez, please proceed.
- David Alvarez
Legislator
Thank you Mister speaker. Members, this Bill is very significant for me. I want to start by sharing a little bit about my personal story that I don't think I've shared very much with others.
- David Alvarez
Legislator
I am the proud son of immigrants who came to this country undocumented, with their kids, seeking that wonderful American dream and opportunity that so many have sought and worked so hard for throughout the history of our country.
- David Alvarez
Legislator
This Bill is inspired by that, by that dream that my parents had, certainly for my family, but the dream that continues for so many other families in our country today.
- David Alvarez
Legislator
Assembly Bill 2586 is the opportunity for all bills, opportunity for all means that we could have opportunities in our institutions of higher education, California State University, our community colleges, to ensure that the young people, the students who have, by the way, led us to this day, to this Bill.
- David Alvarez
Legislator
I want to call special attention to the undocumented student led network who were the ones who were fighting for this before I took on this fight.
- David Alvarez
Legislator
This would give them the opportunity to use the skills that they gain when they go to our institutions of higher education and put them to work by allowing them to be employed at our universities and colleges. Unfortunately, our Federal Government has failed at doing its job when it comes to immigration reform.
- David Alvarez
Legislator
Have they done their job that they've been asked to do and elected to do? We wouldn't actually be having this conversation today. But because of their failure, we now have generations of students who are doing what we've asked of everybody in society to do, which is to work hard and get an education.
- David Alvarez
Legislator
And yet these young people, because of the failure of the Federal Government, are not able to be employed into practice in the fields that they've worked so hard to gain their education in. This Bill opens that door of opportunity for them to be employed at our California colleges and universities.
- David Alvarez
Legislator
This means that our future scientists, our future doctors and lawyers, our future professionals, our future public servants, and maybe legislators can have an opportunity to start to put into practice the work that they so hard fought for in their education.
- David Alvarez
Legislator
Assembly Bill 2586 is an opportunity to give literally tens of thousands of students who, again, are doing what we've asked of them to do, which is to work hard and get an education and opportunity to be employed.
- David Alvarez
Legislator
This would be another milestone for California as we've sought to ensure that individuals who work hard are rewarded for that hard work, that we turn around the practices of the 1990s, where we had things like Proposition 187, who are aimed at actually limiting access to education to people because of their undocumented status.
- David Alvarez
Legislator
We've turned the page on that. We've invested in our young people. We've said, not only can you get an education, we will help you get an education by going to college if that's what you want to pursue.
- David Alvarez
Legislator
So we've done all the right things, but this Bill would allow many of those students to get to the next phase, which is actually be employed in a lawful way to contribute. This is not a leg up for anybody. This is just putting them on the same level playing field that everybody else has.
- David Alvarez
Legislator
So it's really with great pride and honor, and I thank the Latino caucus who has made this a priority as well as I want to say at this point, well over 20 of my colleagues who signed as co authors, I thank them for that.
- David Alvarez
Legislator
But most importantly, I thank the students who were the ones have gotten us this far, who I know are listening today, who you might have seen testify at Committee, who will be back as this moves through the process, because I shared my story, and it's an important story to share, but the stories that they share are so impactful, so powerful, and so inspiring.
- David Alvarez
Legislator
This is the work that we should be doing in California and for that reason I respectfully ask for your aye vote on AB 2586. Thank you, Assembly Member Alvarez.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Mike Fong, you are recognized.
- Mike Fong
Legislator
Thank you so much, Mister Speaker. I rise in strong support of Assembly Bill 2586 and thank the Member from San Diego for introducing this very important Bill. As chair of the Higher Education Committee, it's important to consider the implications of this policy for the opportunity for our program.
- Mike Fong
Legislator
Historically, this body has a long established history of taking meaningful action to alleviate the financial burdens facing our undocumented students. There are over 75,000 AB 540 students in the UC, CSU and community colleges, and they cannot rely on DACA for employment eligibility.
- Mike Fong
Legislator
Let's continue to expand opportunities for all and do the right thing today to help students get work experience and complete their educational journey. Thank the Member again from San Diego urge an aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you. Thank you, Assembly Member Fong. Assembly Member Juan Carrillo, you are recognized.
- Juan Carrillo
Legislator
Buenos Dias, Mister speaker and Members, I'd like to thank my colleague from San Diego for introducing this Bill. For many of us, college is our first path to professional development and upward mobility. Our undocumented students have invested in these institutions. They have dedicated themselves to seeking the American dream.
- Juan Carrillo
Legislator
Despite all the legal and financial barriers have been undocumented. I know what it's like to face the stigmas and setbacks that come with us with an undocumented status and to also continue to have faith in the promise that work will be rewarded. We must uphold this promise.
- Juan Carrillo
Legislator
We must invest back in our students by allowing them an equal opportunity for employment. And I'll share a personal story myself, too. I struggled to get an education. I struggled to get the American dream. I'm proud to say that I've accomplished that.
- Juan Carrillo
Legislator
The United States continues to be the place, perhaps the only place in the world, where an equal opportunity can be afforded with hard work and dedication for many immigrants, for children.
- Juan Carrillo
Legislator
When my father left home to come to the US at the age of 14, that I was. Left mom and the kids back home in search of a better life for his family, I did the same thing. Two years later, I joined my parents and left the siblings behind in search of a better life for my siblings.
- Juan Carrillo
Legislator
I want to ask you to consider those things. We are here because we are hardworking people, because we are hungry for success, and we contribute to the fourth largest economy in the world.
- Juan Carrillo
Legislator
It's time to reward those that work hard, those that go to school, those that have invested their lives in California so that they can improve the quality of life of all Californians. Again, thank you Assembly Member from San Diego for bringing this up.
- Juan Carrillo
Legislator
And I urge you to consider this because it is the right thing to do to afford everyone an opportunity to success, everyone an opportunity to achieve the American dream that is still achievable, but is stepping away from us. For my own kids, my daughter being 28, with a college degree, she cannot afford the American dream.
- Juan Carrillo
Legislator
This is just the right thing to do to provide those an equal opportunity. I urge to consider this and I urge your aye vote. Thank you.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you Assembly Member Carrillo. Assembly Member Bryan, you are recognized.
- Isaac Bryan
Legislator
Thank you Mister speaker and colleagues. I stand in support of AB 2586. On some campuses, these kinds of proposals actually cause a lot of angst for black students. We pit black and brown communities against each other.
- Isaac Bryan
Legislator
We believe that if undocumented students get employment, that that's jobs and economic opportunity taken from black students with legal status who are often overlooked and discriminated against in their own hiring opportunities.
- Isaac Bryan
Legislator
But I believe in a California that is inclusive of everybody, a California that apologizes for its wrongs, seeks to make amends, and doesn't create new conditions of struggle for those who just got here, especially when they have done all of the work to enter our institutions of higher of learning, which is no easy task.
- Isaac Bryan
Legislator
We're the number one public University in the country, in UCLA. And with that I stand in strong support and urge your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you Mister Bryan, Mister Bennett, you are recognized.
- Steve Bennett
Legislator
Thank you Mister speaker. Members, for the last 20 years, my wife and I have shared our house with a family that came here from Mexico, undocumented. And it has been the best eye opening experience of my life to see, to be in a mixed house and to see people that work hard.
- Steve Bennett
Legislator
And the one thing we want everybody to do is to try to make themselves productive Members of our society. And this Bill is one more step in terms of doing that. So I applaud the author for bringing it forward and encouraging an aye value vote. Thank you very much.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you Mister Bennett. Seeing and hearing no further debate, would you like to close Mister Alvarez?
- David Alvarez
Legislator
Thank you Mister Speaker. I just want to thank Members from throughout the state that spoke here today, appreciate the support and recognition that this is about rewarding the type of behavior that we all, I think, have consistently said.
- David Alvarez
Legislator
We want to reward people who work hard, to do what they've been asked to do, and to be able to provide those opportunities of employment for students who are committing to this, who are our families, who are our neighbors, who some of us are still related to individuals who find themselves in an undocumented status.
- David Alvarez
Legislator
But most importantly to the thousands and thousands of students that are looking for a pathway for success, a pathway that unfortunately has been closed by once again, the inaction at the federal level, but that California, California, as has done before, I believe, will step up with this legislation to ensure that those opportunities exist for our students.
- David Alvarez
Legislator
And for that reason, I thank you and I respectfully ask for your aye vote on AB 2586.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you, Mister Alvarez. All debate having ceased, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll until the votes. Ayes, 49. Nos, 2. Measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Members, we are going to lift the call on file of item 174. The Clerk will post will close the roll. Ayes, 43. Nos, 2. measure passes. Moving backwards, I inadvertently skipped over a Bill. File item 169, AB 2537 by Assembly Member Addis. The clerk will read.
- Jim Wood
Person
The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2537 by Assemblymember Addis and others. An act relating to offshore wind energy development and making appropriation therefore.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assemblymember Addis.
- Dawn Addis
Legislator
Thank you, Mister Speaker. I rise to present AB 2537 the Community Engagement in Offshore Wind Energy Act. This Bill creates an offshore wind energy community capacity building fund that will provide grants to local tribes and communities to allow them to actively participate in the offshore wind planning process. This Bill has no opposition and has received bipartisan support. It also has support from environmental groups, local governments, and leaseholders. And I respectfully request your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. This is a 54 vote Bill Members. 54 vote Bill. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. 54 vote Bill Members. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 56. Noes 0. Measure passes. Moving to back in file order to file item number 179, AB 2587 by Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2587 by Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry an act relating to civil actions.
- Jim Wood
Person
The Clerk will read.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry, you are recognized.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Thank you, Mister Speaker. Members, in 2021, this legislation passed AB 2777 by my colleague from Oakland to help survivors of sexual assault hold their abusers and responsible entities accountable. Unfortunately, survivors have faced barriers in accessing the recourse available to them under AB 2777.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
This Bill strengthens protections for survivors of sexual assault and ensures their ability to fully access the justice system. AB 2587 will clarify that a perpetrator of a sexual assault and any entity who covered up or willingly ignored the assault are held accountable for the harm inflicted on survivors colleagues.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
By exposing these predators, we can prevent them from reoffending and that means that our communities are safer, our families and our neighbors are safer, and the public at large is safe. Safer.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
I want to make it clear we are working with opponents and we will continue to amend the Bill to clarify that this does not apply to employers unless they engaged in the intentional acts that led to the sexual assault or covered it up. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry. Assembly Member Wicks, you are recognized.
- Buffy Wicks
Legislator
Thank you Mister Speaker. I just wanted to rise and support as the original author of the original Bill last year. Support my colleague here from winters for carrying the mantle on this.
- Buffy Wicks
Legislator
Anything we can do to allow for sexual assault survivors to seek some recourse, some sense of justice is incredibly important and this is a continuation of that work. So I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you Assembly Member Wicks. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Aye's 51, no 0, measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving to file item 180, AB 2595 by Assembly Member Luz Rivas. Presented by Assembly Member Wicks. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2595 by Assembly Member Luz Rivas an act relating to school nutrition.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Wicks, you are recognized.
- Buffy Wicks
Legislator
Thank you Mister Speaker. I rise to present AB 2595 on behalf of Assembly Member Luz Rivas. This Bill combats household hunger during the summer months by allowing public libraries that provide children with meals to also provide parents and caregivers with those meals. This legislation is constructed so that it does not draw down from Prop 98 funding.
- Buffy Wicks
Legislator
AB 2595 has received bipartisan support and has no formal opposition. Respectfully asked for an aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you Assembly Member Wicks. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Aye's 51, no's 2, measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving now to file item 181, AB 2602 by Assemblymember Kalra. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2602 by Assemblymember Kalra and others. An act relating to employment.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assemblymember Kalra, please proceed.
- Ash Kalra
Legislator
Thank you Mister speaker. AB 2602 would require a performer's informed consent and proper representation when executing a contract for any transfer of rights to that individual's likeness or voice. Amidst the rise of the digital age, performers across the entertainment industry have inadvertently been signing away the rights to their digital selves through clauses that can look like standard copyright language. Specifically, individuals are unknowingly authorizing studios to use their voice and likeness in all media by all current and future technologies, in perpetuity and with no additional compensation.
- Ash Kalra
Legislator
AB 2602 strikes the balance between industry progress and protecting performers rights to their digital self and livelihood. This Bill does not outright prohibit the use of digital replicas, but rather ensures that if performers agree to license out their digital self, that they are fully aware of the extent of and the intentions for that use. I've been working with the opposition in response to their concerns, I've taken numerous amendments, including those that address retroactivity and clarifies this Bill is intended to target new performances by a digital replica that would have otherwise been performed by a live actor. The Bill has received bipartisan support and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you, Mister Karla. Seeing in hearing no further debate, Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 52. Noes 0. Measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving now to file item 182, AB 2606 by Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2606 by Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry. An act relating to food and agriculture making appropriation therefore.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assemblymember, you may proceed.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Thank you, Mister speaker and Members. This Bill will help our farmers be more competitive in domestic and international markets by creating the first Agave Commission in the State of California, California. This Bill received bipartisan support in the Assembly, Agriculture, and Judiciary Committee, and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you, Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 55. Noes 0. Measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving to file item 183, AB 20613 by Assembly Member Zbur. Clerk will read
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 20613 by some Member Zbur and others, and after lane to public health.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Member Zbur, You are recognized.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
You are recognized. Thank you, Mister speaker. Members, I rise today present to present AB 20613 a Bill that creates a rare disease advisory council, otherwise known as RDAC, in California, following 27 other states.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
The RDAC is created in the memory of Jacqueline Marie Zbur, my sister who endured a three year battle with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, and inspired me to seek public office, in part to address the significant challenges of people grappling with rare diseases.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
With over 10,000 rare diseases affecting one in 10 Californians, it is difficult for state policymakers and government officials to have an in depth understanding of the issues faced by persons affected by rare diseases and the resources needed to support them in our DAC will be comprised of stakeholders across the rare disease community and will act as an advisory body to the Legislature, facilitating consultation with experts on rare diseases in developing policy recommendations.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
With diverse membership and broad community support, a California RDAC will serve as a valuable resource as our healthcare system evolves. Without an RDAC, California laws and regulations that affect the rare disease community will be developed without the consultation of impacted stakeholders, leaving vulnerable populations at greater risk for poor health and economic outcomes.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
My sister Jackie is the reason I'm here today. Before she passed, she made me promise her that I would do everything I could to fix the deeply flawed medical system that treated her as a fatality when she was alive. Jackie's experience is a siren alerting us to the deeply flawed public policy approaches that address rare diseases.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
As Members of this body, looking over this most vulnerable community, AB 20613 gives us an opportunity to put in place public policy that ensures effective and swift action in dealing with emerging treatments that can truly benefit people afflicted with rare diseases.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
Today, I respectfully ask you to help me fulfill my commitment to my sister, my best friend, and my anchor. I respectfully ask for your. I vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you, assemblymember Zbur. Assembly Member Dixon, you are recognized.
- Diane Dixon
Legislator
Thank you, Mister Speaker. I stand as co author with my colleague from North Hollywood. You've heard us speak about the importance of rare diseases, and this is such a landmark effort to finally put rare diseases on the front burner of looking into research and following research across the world on advancing knowledge on rare diseases.
- Diane Dixon
Legislator
And in honor of your sister, that is, I'm honored to support this and co author this with you. I urge another aye vote. Thank you very much.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you, assemblymember Dixon. Seeing and hearing no other wishing to speak, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Aye 65, no, zero.
- Jim Wood
Person
Madam Majority Leader, you are recognized for your announcement.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Members, before we break, I wanted to provide an update on where we stand once again. We had a delayed start this morning, and if you have number 46 on your bingo card. You have won the number of items we have pulled up today. We have a target of 130 more bills to take up today.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Unless we want to be here later on Friday, we need to be productive this afternoon. Please arrive promptly when we reconvene and be prepared to take up your items. Thanks.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you, Madam Majority Leader. So, Members, we will be taking a two hour break to allow Budget Subcommittees to meet and for you all to have lunch. The recess will not be under call. Budget Subcommittees 2, 3, and 5 will convene immediately in the following rooms.
- Jim Wood
Person
Budget Budget Subcommitee 2 in room 126, Budget Subcommitee 4 in room 437 and Budget Subcommitee 5 in room 444. Please note that budget Subcommitee 4 will meet 20 minutes from now in room 447 to allow Subcommitee Members to grab a bite to eat before they can meet. Members session will convene promptly at 02:00 p.m.
- Jim Wood
Person
Please be back on the floor at 02:00 p.m. if you doubt me, I did gavel down at 117 yesterday. I will gavel down again at 02:00 p.m. to bring up bills. House stands in recess until 02:00 p.m. promptly. Thank you.
- Mike Gipson
Legislator
Vote change AB 2518 from aye to not voting.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Vote change Assembly Member Gipson AB 20518 aye to not voting vote change.
- Kevin McCarty
Person
McCarty what did he just say again? No what was say again? AB 2518 aye to not voting McCarty.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Vote change, Assembly Member McCarty AB 2518 aye to not voting.
- Tom Lackey
Legislator
Okay vote change, Lackey AB 2507 no to aye.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Vote change Assembly Member Wilson AB Assembly Bill 2318 aye to not voting.
- Lori Wilson
Legislator
Vote change, Wilson AB 2318 from aye to not voting
- Lori Wilson
Legislator
all right, vote change Wilson AB 2388 from aye to not voting.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Vote change Assembly Member Lackey Assembly Bill 2507 no to aye.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Vote change. Assembly Member Wilson Assembly Bill 2388 aye to not voting.
- Jim Wood
Person
Members, as much as I would like to start exactly at 02:00 p.m. we still have three of the Budget Subcommittees that are still meeting. So we're asking that as Budget Subcommittees break up, that they please come down to the floor. They're still taking testimony in at least one of the subcommittees.
- Jim Wood
Person
So we will convene as soon as the Budget Subcommittees break up. Thank you, Members. Just an update. Thank you, those who made it back. We still have two subcommittees in session taking public comment. As soon as those subcommittees have adjourned, we will, we will start right up. So thank you for those who have made it back.
- Jim Wood
Person
It's much appreciated. Members, we still have one Subcommitee here in progress. They are in public comment. We are hopeful that soon we will be able to begin, but we are waiting for one Subcommitee to conclude its hearing. Thank you once again for being here. All the subcommittees have concluded, so I'm asking that Members return to the floor. All Members come to the floor so we can continue our business. Thank you.
- Jim Wood
Person
We are now reconvening our Assembly floor session. Moving back to third reading file item 184 AB 2622 by Assemblymember Juan Carrillo please your attention to Assemblymember Carrillo.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 2622 by Assemblymember Juan Carrillo in accolades the contractors.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assemblymember Carrillo, you are recognized.
- Juan Carrillo
Legislator
Thank you Mister speaker and Members. I rush to present Assembly Bill 2622. This Bill seeks to update the minor work exemption for a licensed contractors. By increasing the minor work exemption to $1,000, EB 2622 ensures that these folks are able to be hired legally and pursue work knowing they will be able to charge a reasonable amount.
- Juan Carrillo
Legislator
Importantly, the Bill provides several conditions these professionals must meet in order to work at a higher amount. They are prohibited from hiring employees as well as performing any projects for which a building permit is required. When it comes to performing work, there are parameters in the Bill which mirrors the restrictions from the b two contractors license. This Bill is an important step in ensuring handymen can legally make a living while also protecting consumers. Urge your aye vote, thank you.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you Assemblymember Carrillo seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desires desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the vote's ayes 42 no zero measure passes.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Moving to file item 185 AB 2633 by Assemblymember Alvarez. The Clerk will read.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Bill 2633 by Assemblymember Alvarez and others and accolades the post-secondary education Assemblymember Alvarez, whenever you're ready.
- David Alvarez
Legislator
Thank you Mister speaker. This is Assembly Bill 2633 our brilliance without Borders initiative. The Bill would allow California State University to award joint degrees in partnership with international institutions. I'm a lifelong resident of our border region, which means that I understand and have lived the importance of facilitating binational collaboration, particularly in the education space.
- David Alvarez
Legislator
We have improvements to make, and this Bill aims to improve those opportunities for students. Universities across the US are already offering joint degrees and building international partnerships. The CSUs currently do not have that opportunity. Contrary to that, the University of Arizona has just recently partnered with the Universidade Autonoma Chapingo en Estado De Mexico.
- David Alvarez
Legislator
It's an international partnership that was fostered through the University's endeavor to build cross border educational relationships in terms of agricultural research.
- David Alvarez
Legislator
Given Arizona's unique binational border sharing state with Mexico status with Mexico although there's no joint degree at the Center for US Mexico Studies at the University of California, San Diego, this does offer fellowship opportunities from programs for research and collaboration with Mexican universities such as the Universidad Nacional Autonoma De Mexico, the UNAM, and the Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo De Mexico, known as ITAM.
- David Alvarez
Legislator
Our robust California public University system should serve all opportunities for all of our students, and this extension of international joint degree programs would encourage collaboration with our neighboring Mexican universities. And for that reason, I respectfully ask an aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 54 noes zero measure passes. Mister Ward, are you ready to take up your measure? Mister Ward, are you ready to take up your measure? Passed temporarily on file item 186. Moving to file item 187 AB 2645 by Assemblymember Lackey.
- Jim Wood
Person
The Clerk will read.
- Unidentified Speaker
Person
Assembly Bill 2645 by Assembly Member Lackey an accolade to transportation.
- Jim Wood
Person
Mister Lackey, you're recognized.
- Tom Lackey
Legislator
Once again. Thank you Mister speaker and Members for allowing me to present AB 2645 I'm sure that you've reviewed this measure and I ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing a lot of heads nodding, Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes, 53. nos, 0. Measure passes. Moving on to file item 189 AB. Pass temporarily on 188. 189.
- Jim Wood
Person
AB 2669 by Assembly Member Ting. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2669 by Assembly Member Ting. An act relating to transportation.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Ting, you are recognized.
- Philip Ting
Person
Thank you Mister Speaker. AB 2669 will protect free sidewalk access for pedestrians and bicyclists by prohibiting the use of sidewalk tolls on all state run bridges constructed before January of 2025. Respectfully asked for aye vote on AB 2669.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Aye's 48, no 0, measure passes. Moving to file item 190. AB 2670 by Assembly Member Schiavo.
- Jim Wood
Person
Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2670 by Assembly Member Schiavo and others an act relating to health.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Schiavo, you are recognized.
- Pilar Schiavo
Legislator
Thank you Mister Speaker and Members. AB 2670 is a simple, straightforward Bill that will create a public information campaign for a abortion.ca.gov.
- Pilar Schiavo
Legislator
This is a really important issue because we know that there's a lot of misinformation out there about where you can get safe medical abortion care, where you can get accurate information about abortion. And we have a trusted source of information here in California where we know that folks can get that information.
- Pilar Schiavo
Legislator
But a lot of people don't know about this website. A lot of people don't know it's available as a trusted source.
- Pilar Schiavo
Legislator
And so this is a Bill that would basically help us to educate the public, let them know that this is a safe, trusted source where they can go to trusted healthcare providers, and as an opportunity to get the care that they need, and factual information about abortion resources when people choose to use that. Thank you.
- Jim Wood
Person
Mister Patterson, Joe Patterson, you are recognized.
- Pilar Schiavo
Legislator
And respectfully ask an aye vote.
- Joe Patterson
Legislator
Great. Thank you Mister Speaker and Members, I rise in opposition to this measure. The author and I have been discussing this issue for a while, since last year in Health Committee.
- Joe Patterson
Legislator
One, some of the text in the measure says to combat the delays in impairments to timely abortion and reproductive services that individuals face when they are misled by certain pregnancy clinics. Now I'll give you that. You know, it says certain pregnancy clinics.
- Joe Patterson
Legislator
I have two pregnancy centers in my district and I've been to several others and I keep hearing about this misinformation. And the only thing that's misinformation is that that's misinformation. They're providing free health care to women, to ultrasounds, diapers, clothes, and we need to celebrate their accomplishments.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you Mister Patterson. Doctor Weber, you are recognized.
- Joe Patterson
Legislator
And by the way, they're licensed, these are licensed by the State of California and they're providing accurate information. And I respectfully request a no vote.
- Akilah Weber
Legislator
Thank you Mister Speaker. I rise and strong support of AB 2670. I remember being in Health Committee last year when this Bill was brought forward and was very surprised at all of the misinformation that these pregnancy clinics espouse.
- Akilah Weber
Legislator
As an OB GYN, as the only board certified OB GYN on this floor, I had never heard of anything called a abortion, medication reversal. It is not factually correct. It is something that ACOG and every validated medical organization refutes.
- Akilah Weber
Legislator
And yet these are the things that these pregnancy clinics teach and prescribe medication for, even though it is factually incorrect. And so it is extremely important that the residents of California, that the women who are seeking either pregnancy or termination get factually, medically correct information.
- Akilah Weber
Legislator
And so I strongly recommend and support AB 2670 because it gets at the heart at many of these pregnancy clinics which are doing the opposite. Thank you.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you Doctor Weber, seeing no others, Member Schiavo, would you like to close?
- Pilar Schiavo
Legislator
Thank you Mister speaker, and appreciate the comments. And just to respond to my colleague from Rockland, we have had conversations about this. I actually visited a pregnancy center in my district. I also have pregnancy centers in my district and was open to hearing what they had to say and took some information that they were giving out there.
- Pilar Schiavo
Legislator
One of the pamphlets discouraged people from using condoms because they are not basically 100% effective. And this, as we know, is incredibly dangerous information. Right. Condoms protect against STD's, not to mention against unwanted pregnancy. So, you know, whether they're licensed or not, and this one in my district is licensed, there is still misinformation that is shared.
- Pilar Schiavo
Legislator
And we had people testifying, a Doctor testifying at the Committee hearing about providing care for people who had been served at some of these pregnancy centers where they were given misinformation about how far along they were and false ultrasounds that have either showed that they were further along so they were not eligible to get an abortion, or it was early, so that they waited too long to be able to get an abortion.
- Pilar Schiavo
Legislator
And, you know, this is. And then other physicians have been able, had to do cleanup from that. This Bill really is around simply making sure that people know about abortion.ca.gov, though this is a website where we know that these providers are giving factual information.
- Pilar Schiavo
Legislator
And I think the examples that we've given today just make a case even more of why this is so important. We need to make sure that people who are making decisions about whether or not they're prepared or ready or able to have a baby are ready to do that.
- Pilar Schiavo
Legislator
And if they're going to get information about their options, they need to know that they're getting factual information that is based on science and the truth. So respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you, Assembly Member Shiavo, seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Aye's 49, no's 12, measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving on to file item 191, AB 2678 by Assembly Member Wallis. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2678 by Assembly Member Wallis. An accolade to vehicles.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Wallis you are recognized.
- Greg Wallis
Legislator
Thank you, Mister speaker. Members, I rise today to present Assembly Bill 2678. The Bill will extend California's current program allowing high occupancy vehicle lane access for zero emission vehicles for 15 months through the end of 2026, contingent on a federal reauthorization of the program, which is set to expire in September of 2025.
- Greg Wallis
Legislator
This will give us more time to evaluate lane degradation and the impacts access to these lanes has on zero emission vehicle adoption. AB 2678 is sponsored by the alliance for Automotive Innovation and has no registered opposition. I respectfully request an aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you, Assembly Member Wallace. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll and tally of the votes. Ayes, 55. No, 0. Measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving to file item 192, AB 2690 by Assembly Member Joe Patterson. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2690 by Assembly Member Joe Patterson, an act relating to people's safety.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Patterson, you're recognized.
- Joe Patterson
Legislator
Great. Thank you, Mister Speaker. Members, in 2019, I first became aware of the dangers of fentanyl when one of my neighbor's young child, well, not a young child, but a. A high school senior, died from being poisoned from fentanyl. And we've all focused and spent a lot of time trying to combat the crisis.
- Joe Patterson
Legislator
And one of pretty much every parent that I've met who's lost a child says that a lot of them, unfortunately, are targeted on social media.
- Joe Patterson
Legislator
And so last year, with all of your support, we passed a Bill here that informs parents every single year in school, 6 million children that fentanyl is a dangerous substance and they should be aware of it. And this builds on that effort and says, hey, it can be obtained on social media.
- Joe Patterson
Legislator
And I think that knowledge alone, if only 1% of people read this warning, it's going to be 60,000 parents and guardians will learn about this every year. So with that, I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you, Assembly Member Patterson. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the door. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll tally the votes. Aye's 56, no 0. Measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Now moving to file item 193, AB 2693 by Assembly Member Wicks. The Clerk will read
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2693 by Assembly Member Wicks, an accolade to childhood sexual assault.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Wicks, you're recognized.
- Buffy Wicks
Legislator
Thank you, Mister speaker. In 2019, we passed a statute here that provided a three year extension to the statute of limitations for individuals who were sexually abused as children. That extension expired January 12023.
- Buffy Wicks
Legislator
This Bill would extend these protections for one additional year and apply to those who have been sexually abused as children by employees of a juvenile county detention facility. Would respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you, Assembly Member Wicks. Seeing and hearing no further debate, Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes. I 62 no zero measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving to file item 194 AB 2696 by Assembly Member Rendon. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2696 by Assembly Member Rendon an act relating to employment
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Rendon, you are recognized.
- Anthony Rendon
Person
Thank you Mister Speaker. AB 2696 closes a loophole that allows general contractors to avoid wage law enforcement when they complete projects with their own personnel rather than subcontracting. Thank you. This Bill has bipartisan support and I ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you, assemblymember Rendon. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Aye's 58, no 0. Measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving to file item 195, AB 2703 by Majority Leader Aguiar-Curry. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2703 by Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry an accolade to Medi Cal.
- Jim Wood
Person
Member Aguirre Curry, you are recognized.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Thank you Mister speaker. Members AB 2700 and three will allow Medi Cal to reimburse community health centers for services provided by the psychological associates. This is a win win because it helps bring more people into the mental health workforce and provides greater access to services. This bills of support I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote to desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes, 59. No, 0. Measure passes will be now to file item 197. AB 20711 by Assembly Member Ramos.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2711 by Assembly Member Ramos an act relating to pupil discipline.
- Jim Wood
Person
Clerk will read.
- Jim Wood
Person
You are recognized.
- James Ramos
Legislator
Thank you Mister Speaker. AB 2711 is a Bill targeted to support our youth who may be struggling with substance use. It aims to be proactive rather than reactive when addressing these issues.
- James Ramos
Legislator
It makes the crucial move of ensuring students are offered a supportive approach prior to suspension or expulsion, providing a much needed lifeline for those who may be struggling in life.
- James Ramos
Legislator
The numbers show that the status quo of resorting straight to suspension is negatively affecting our youth, especially boys, social economically disadvantaged students and youth of color who drastically need resources at this age. Youth substance abuse is a public health concern with at least one in eight teenagers abusing an illicit substance in the last year.
- James Ramos
Legislator
Early interventions are important because children and teens who use alcohol and drugs are more likely to have a substance use disorder.
- James Ramos
Legislator
As adults, we can be proactive at this early age to curb the adult use of substance use, where, according to a report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration, 74% of adults participating in substance abuse treatment programs started using alcohol or drugs before the age of 17.
- James Ramos
Legislator
In order to better protect our youth, we must look at addressing the health needs of students in these situations to reduce the likelihood of future substance abuse and addiction. We need a consistent approach across the state and I look forward to ensuring we achieve that goal.
- James Ramos
Legislator
I ask for your aye vote in AB 2711.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll.
- Jim Wood
Person
All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Aye's 48, no's 3, measure passes moving to file item 198 AB 2721 a Committee Bill on agriculture presented by the Chair Assembly Member Soria.
- Jim Wood
Person
Clerk will read
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2721 by the Committee on Agriculture an accolade to kitchen grease and making an appropriation therefore.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Soria.
- Esmeralda Soria
Legislator
Thank you Mister speaker and Members. AB 2721 is the Assembly Agriculture Committee billed to extend to 2030 the California Department of Food and Agriculture's CDFA program to license and enforce issues related to inedible kitchen grease, also known as IKJI. Excuse me. This will allow CDFA to continue enforcement actions to stop the theft or illegal display of these products.
- Esmeralda Soria
Legislator
This Bill has no opposition. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you Assembly Member Soria. Seeing nobody wishing to speak about kitchen grease, Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Aye, 60. No, 0. Bill slips out of the floor. At least you're paying attention. Appreciate it.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2724 by Assembly Member Reyes and others an act relating to High School Pupils.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving on to Assembly Bill 199 Assembly Member Reyes. Clerk will read.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Reyes, you are recognized.
- Eloise Gómez Reyes
Legislator
Thank you Mister Speaker and Members. AB 2724 will provide high school students in California the opportunity and resources needed to pre register to vote by the end of the 11th grade.
- Eloise Gómez Reyes
Legislator
Voter pre registration is an excellent tool that makes it possible for 16 and 17 year olds to pre register to vote so that upon their 18th birthday they are automatically registered voters. But only 11% of 16 and 17 year olds in California are actually pre registered to vote.
- Eloise Gómez Reyes
Legislator
By focusing on our youth and bringing the resources, we can assure more Californians, especially young Californians, are voting and developing the habit to do so at an earlier age civic engagement is invaluable with AB 2724 the High School Voter Registration Act. We expect to have more voices at the polls on election day.
- Eloise Gómez Reyes
Legislator
I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you Assembly Member Reyes seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Aye's 55, no 0, measure passes. Pass temporarily on file item 200.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving to file item 201. AB 2736 by assemblymember Juan Carrillo. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2736 by Assemblymember Juan Carrillo and others and accolades of veterans.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Carrillo, you're recognized.
- Juan Carrillo
Legislator
Good afternoon Mister speaker and Members. I rise today to present AB 2736 which seeks to improve access to higher education for family Members of disabled veterans by allowing them to receive the California College fee waiver at the same time as the Survivors Independence Educational Assistance program.
- Juan Carrillo
Legislator
These programs were established to provide much needed financial support for the family Members of the civil veterans who wanted to pursue higher education, and there isn't a clear justification for denying both forms of aid.
- Juan Carrillo
Legislator
Currently, there is an exacerbated need to accept both programs simultaneously due to increasing living expenses, rising tuition rates, and the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. I respectfully ask your aye vote. Thank you.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you Assembly Member Carrillo. Seeing in hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 57 no's zero, measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving to Assembly to excuse me, file item 202. Assembly Bill 2740 by Assembly Member Waldron. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2740 by Assembly Member Waldron an act relating to incarcerated persons.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Waldron, you are recognized.
- Marie Waldron
Person
Thank you Mister Speaker and Members. AB 2740 provides needed support for incarcerated pregnant women and new mothers. This legislation recognizes the fundamental rights and health needs of women and their babies in state custody. It is undeniable that prenatal and postpartum care are very important.
- Marie Waldron
Person
Any unnecessary risk can impact brain health and emotional bonds, which are crucial in early development. AB 2740 allows for a healthier start to a child's life by connecting incarcerated pregnant women to a social worker and strengthens medical care. A minimum of three full days in a medical facility must be allowed after delivery.
- Marie Waldron
Person
Family visitation eligibility would also be expanded. I am proud that AB 2740 has support from a coalition of advocacy groups committed to justice, women's freedom, and anti recidivism. Reimagining the outcomes of infants born in California State prisons will strengthen family bonds and reduce recidivism, and it is also a Legislative Women's Caucus priority.
- Marie Waldron
Person
I urge an aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you, Assembly Member Waldron. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Aye's 59, no 0, measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving to file item 204, Assembly Bill 2757 by Assemblymember Garcia. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2757 by Assemblymember Garcia and others accolade to economic development.
- Jim Wood
Person
Member Garcia, you're recognized.
- Eduardo Garcia
Person
Thank you Mister speaker and colleagues. AB 2757 builds on the work that this body in the State of California has committed to as it relates to building California's lithium economy in the southern part of the State of California.
- Eduardo Garcia
Person
This Bill specifically establishes the Southeast California Economic region zone to help attract the federal resources to be able to compete globally when it comes to manufacturing and building an overall ecosystem that will achieve our transportation electrification goals not just here in California, but throughout the entire nation.
- Eduardo Garcia
Person
This Bill comes from one of the 14 recommendations that was established by the Lithium Valley Commission that was also supported by this governing body in 2020. Respectfully ask for your I vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you assembly member Garcia. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Aye's 63, no's zero, measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving to file item 206, AB 2768 by Assembly Member Berman. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2768 by Assembly Member Berman an accolade to post secondary education.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Berman, you are recognized.
- Marc Berman
Legislator
Thank you Mister speaker and colleagues. California is currently experiencing a growing shortage of special education teachers. AB 2768 would provide an incentive through the Golden State teacher grant program to work at non public, nonsectarian schools which serve the most severe special needs public school students. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you Mister Berman. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes, 57. No, 0. Measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
File item 207 AB 2773 by assemblymember Kalra. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2773 by assemblymember Kara an accolade to elders and dependent adults.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Kalra, you are recognized.
- Ash Kalra
Legislator
Thank you, Mister Speaker. AB 2773 is a narrow Bill that will deter a skilled nursing facility or residential care facility for the elderly defendant in a civil case brought under the elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection act from intentionally destroying or concealing material evidence.
- Ash Kalra
Legislator
The Bill does this by establishing the preponderance of the evidence standard as the burden of proof. When a judge finds spoliation of evidence by a defendant, oftentimes illness or death prevents elder abuse victims from providing vital testimony, making it nearly impossible to meet the unusually high burden of proof needed to justify a claim.
- Ash Kalra
Legislator
This difficulty is further amplified when a defendant intentionally and willfully destroys evidence related to the case. Again, I'd like to reiterate that AB 2773 only applies when a judge determines that a defendant engaged in spoliation of evidence that is material to the claim.
- Ash Kalra
Legislator
AB 2773 will provide a path to justice for victims of elder abuse in these rare cases of spoliation and serve as a deterrent against those, hopefully rare, unscrupulous nursing home operators who would intentionally destroy or conceal material evidence. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Aye's 41, no's 14. Measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Members, we're just going to pause for a second and introduce up in the gallery who is conducting a tour is former assemblymember Ken Cooley, who's actually giving a tour, I believe to some UC Merced students who were here with us before. And honestly, I don't think they are aware of this.
- Jim Wood
Person
You couldn't get a better tour from a better tour guide than Mister Ken Cooley. He knows more about this building than anybody I know. Thank you, Mister Cooley, it's good to see you. What is that? Oh, I'm sorry. Is Mister Gray up there as well?
- Jim Wood
Person
Yeah, and Assembly Member Gray is back in the gallery for the second time in a week. Good to see you again, Mister Gray. Moving on to file item 208 AB 2774 by Assembly Member Grayson. Attention to Mister Grayson, please. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2774 by Assembly Member Grayson an accolade to child care.
- Timothy Grayson
Legislator
Summit Member Grayson, you are recognized. Thank you, Mister Speaker. AB 2774 establishes the childcare for Working Families Task Force and requires the task force to submit a report that recommends future comprehensive strategies.
- Timothy Grayson
Legislator
We must continue to build upon our state's work in child care and continue to prioritize investments in order to build a comprehensive, high quality system that is accessible and affordable to all. Thank you. And I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes, 55. Nos, 556 o Nos, zero Measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving to file item 210. AB 2795 by Doctor Arambula. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2795 by Assembly Rambula and others and accurately in the public social services.
- Jim Wood
Person
Doctor Arambula, you are recognized.
- Joaquin Arambula
Legislator
Thank you, Mister speaker. And Members, eligible Members of tribal communities should have received equal, equitable access to safety net programs. AB 2795 is transformative and will reduce advanced administrative reporting requirements to ensure that eligible tribal Members receive the care and services that they need to live healthier lives.
- Joaquin Arambula
Legislator
This Bill models the Indian Health program to administer fewer reporting requirements for the CalWORKS Indian Health program clinic. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, we'll close the roll and tally the votes. Aye's 60, no's, zero measure passes. Moving to file item two.
- Jim Wood
Person
We're going to pass temporarily on file item 211 and move on to file item 212. AB 2816 by Assembly Member Gipson. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2816 by Assembly Member Gipson an accolade to school safety.
- Jim Wood
Person
So, Member Gipson, you are recognized.
- Mike Gipson
Legislator
Thank you very much, Mister speaker. Members, thank you for allowing me to present Assembly Bill 20816 which seeks to establish school mapping technology on k through 12 campuses. This Bill 20816 has received bipartisan support. Received no no votes. I respectfully ask what aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you, Mister Gipson. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes, 60. No, 0. Measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Members, we are now moving to a package of bills, the first being item number 9, AB 1779 by Assembly Member Irwin. The Clerk will read
- Unidentified Speaker
Person
Assembly Bill 1779 by Assembly Member Irwin and others an accolade to crimes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Irwin, you are recognized.
- Jacqui Irwin
Legislator
Good evening Members. I'm pleased to present to AB 1779. This Bill returns authority to district attorneys to join charges from multiple counties into one trial when prosecuting organized retail theft rings that have operated across multiple jurisdictions.
- Jacqui Irwin
Legislator
I am proud that this is a Bill that has 20 bipartisan co authors and is also part of Speaker Rivas Californians together against retail crime package of bills I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Mister Zbur, you are recognized.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
Thank you Mister speaker Members, I rise in support of AB 1779. One of the seven bills in the comprehensive and meaningful retail crime legislative package announced by Speaker Rivas and a bipartisan coalition of Assembly Members in April.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
The Bill returns authority to district attorneys to prosecute related incidents of organized retail theft in one filing, even if some of the offenses occurred in another jurisdiction, so long as the DAs in those jurisdictions agree to the venue.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
AB 1779 is key to demonstrating that the Assembly is serious about holding organized retail crime rings accountable and empowering local law enforcement to keep our communities and businesses safe. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate on the first Bill in this package, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes, 57. No, 0. Measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Now moving to file item 23. AB 1972 by Assemblymember Alanis the Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 1972 by Assemblymember Alanis and others an accolade into theft.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assemblymember Alanis, you are recognized.
- Juan Alanis
Legislator
Thank you Mister speaker. Members, today I am proud to present AB 1972 which will enhance our state's ability to respond to cargo theft. This Bill is part of the larger Assembly retail package that we talked about earlier. AB 1972 expands the California Highway Patrol's Property Crime Task Force to support identified counties with increased levels of cargo theft.
- Juan Alanis
Legislator
The Bill will also require the CHP to provide railroad police with logistical support and other law enforcement resources like personnel and equipment to better combat cargo theft.
- Juan Alanis
Legislator
While I agree with many Californians that more must be done on this issue, on public safety and on retail theft, doing nothing is not acceptable and I am proud to advance legislation today that takes positive steps on these issues. I want to thank the speaker.
- Juan Alanis
Legislator
I also want to thank my friend and honorable Member from Los Angeles and District 31 and my other colleagues on both sides of the aisle for their collaboration on this Bill package. Thank you everybody. And I ask for an aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you Assembly Member Alanis.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Zbur, you are recognized.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
Thank you Mister speaker. Members, I rise in strong support of AB 19721 of the several bills in the Assembly's bipartisan retail crime package. Retail crime is a complex set of issues requiring a multifaceted response.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
This Bill reflects the goal of the package to explore comprehensive and creative solutions to addressing cargo theft. I want to thank the author for his leadership in this area and respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Aye's 58. No's, zero. Without objection, immediate transmittal to the Senate. Also on item nine, AB 1779.
- Jim Wood
Person
Without objection, immediate transmittal to the Senate. Moving to item 45, AB 1960 by Assembly Member Soria.
- Unidentified Speaker
Person
Assembly Bill 1960 by Assembly Member Soria and others an accolade to sentencing.
- Jim Wood
Person
Clerk will read.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Soria, you are recognized.
- Esmeralda Soria
Legislator
Thank you Mister speaker and Members. AB 1960 is also part of the retail theft package. This Bill restores a very important tool for law enforcement to combat retail theft and keep our communities safe. In January this year, Governor Newsom delivered to the Legislature an urgent call to action to send him legislation that cracks down on property crime.
- Esmeralda Soria
Legislator
The Governor, in no uncertain terms, called for the Legislature to send him new laws, and I quote, "to expand criminal penalties to hold criminals accountable, bolster police and prosecutor tools to combat theft and take down suspects who profit from smash and grabs, retail theft and car burglaries."
- Esmeralda Soria
Legislator
Well, the message was received, Mister Governor, the Bill before you today, AB 1960, checks all the boxes. It expands criminal penalties for theft. It bolsters police and prosecutor tools to combat theft and helps take down those who profit from smashing grabs.
- Esmeralda Soria
Legislator
Retail theft specifically, the Bill Reinstates a Tiered sentencing enhancement system if the value of the stolen or damaged property is exceptionally high. This Bill ensures that punishment matches the crime and holds individuals who steal large amounts accountable.
- Esmeralda Soria
Legislator
Enhanced penalties to hold accountable those who take advantage of and victimize our neighbors will deter others from following the same path and harming our communities. We need greater accountability. In California, my constituents are asking that we do more. Our communities are hurting and asking for solutions.
- Esmeralda Soria
Legislator
Crime, especially retail theft, is not only a problem in my district, as I've seen many retail stores be victims of this issue, but we are seeing this across the entire state. This Bill, again, is part of the comprehensive bipartisan legislative package to address retail crime and theft, led by our speaker, Mister Rivas.
- Esmeralda Soria
Legislator
Let's make our community safer by supporting this Bill and the others in the package. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you, Assembly Member Soria. Assembly Member Gallagher, you are recognized.
- James Gallagher
Legislator
Yes, thank you Mister speaker. Members, I rise in support of this Bill and want to acknowledge the good work that has been done, bipartisan work that has been done to increase the tools that we need to get at the scourge of retail theft that we've experienced in this state.
- James Gallagher
Legislator
These are all positive things, but if we think that that's all that needs to be done, we are sorely mistaken. And yes, this Governor has called on us to do different things.
- James Gallagher
Legislator
The one thing this Governor still won't do, even though the mayor of San Francisco has called for it, and the mayor of San Diego, our former colleague, has done it, has said that we have to reform Proposition 47. The Governor still won't bring himself to do that. And I think that we need to force him to get there.
- James Gallagher
Legislator
Because anyone you talk to in law enforcement, if you go throughout this state and you talk to district attorneys, you talk to police officers, they will tell you that it's unless you change 47, unless you reform Proposition 47, you cannot get out of the scourge of retail theft.
- James Gallagher
Legislator
And so these measures is a good one that my colleague is bringing from the Central Valley today. It's a good measure, will help but understand that unless we do the good work, and lucky for us, there's an initiative that's going to be on the ballot to reform Prop 47 and we can actually do that.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Gallagher, You are out of order. We're debating the merits of the Bill. Not a previous Proposition, not a Proposition on the ballot. So please debate the merits of the Bill.
- James Gallagher
Legislator
Thank you Mister speaker. And I will go back to this particular Bill, which I think is, again, is a good Bill, and I was only referring as it relates to obviously the bigger issue of retail theft that we need to tackle in this state. So again, we need to move these bills forward today.
- James Gallagher
Legislator
We are supportive of them as Republicans, but we also know that there is more to do. And we better not be saying mission accomplished, because the job is far from done, but it will get done in November. Thank you.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you Mister Gallagher. Mister Zber, you are recognized.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
Thank you Mister speaker, Members, I rise in support of AB 1961 of the seven bills in the comprehensive retail crime legislative package announced by Speaker Rivas and a bipartisan coalition of Assembly Members in April. Smash and grab retail crime can devastate businesses, many of which are already struggling to stay afloat.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
This Bill addresses taking and destroying property while committing a felony, and when the property damage exceeds a very high amount, which can obviously be devastating to small businesses. The package is key to demonstrating that the Assembly is serious about holding organized retail crimes accountable and tackling these smash and grab crimes. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you Mister Zber. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes, 57. No's, 5. Measure passes moving to file item 94, AB 3209 by Assembly Member Berman. The Clerk will read.
- Unidentified Speaker
Person
Bill 3209 by Assembly Member Berman and others an accolade to crimes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Berman, you are recognized.
- Marc Berman
Legislator
Thank you, Mister speaker and colleagues. In recent years, rates of retail theft and robbery have risen in California and this affects both our communities, our businesses and their employees. AB 3209 would authorize a court to impose a retail crime restraining order for up to two years for theft, vandalism, or battery of an employee within the store.
- Marc Berman
Legislator
This Bill strikes a balance between providing an additional enforcement tool to keep stores, customers and workers safe, while not exacerbating the underlying causes of retail theft, such as poverty. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate. Excuse me, Mister Zbur, you are recognized.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
Mister speaker, Members rise in support of AB 32091 of the seven bills in the comprehensive retail crime legislative package. Enforcement tools are key to preventing retail crime and keeping business, workers and customers safe. And we know that the goal, that's a goal that we all share.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
This Bill provides a new enforcement tool by authorizing a court to impose a retail crime restraining order for certain theft offenses, vandalism within a store, or assault or battery of an employee within a store respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you, Mister Zbur. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes, 57. No's, 1. Measure passes without objection. Immediate transmittal to the Senate.
- Jim Wood
Person
Also on item 45, AB 1960 immediate transmittal to the Senate. Moving to file item 102, AB 1794 by Assembly Member McCarthy. The Clerk will read.
- Unidentified Speaker
Person
Assembly Bill 1794 by Assembly Member McCarty and others an accolade to crimes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member McCarty, you are recognized.
- Kevin McCarty
Person
Thank you, Mister Speaker, I rise to present this measure, which is part of again, a package of bills to help us address retail theft in California. Both the rise and the impact, this is an issue we see in all of our districts, all across California.
- Kevin McCarty
Person
It's particularly a hotspot right here in our capital city. We see it with our own two eyes, our constituents see it. And this is part again of a response to take this issue seriously and bring about meaningful solutions that focus on accountability.
- Kevin McCarty
Person
When we started talking about this issue a few months ago, led by our speaker and our Select Committee, we wanted to focus on common sense solutions, bringing about more balance, more accountability, but also realize that we don't want to turn back the clock and roll away some of our meaningful reforms that we had worked on over the years.
- Kevin McCarty
Person
So in essence, we want to strategically address this issue. This is an issue for our retailers across California. We know with our big box stores, you know, those are the Wall street companies.
- Kevin McCarty
Person
But frankly, what I'm concerned about are the main street companies, small grocers, small stores in our neighborhoods that are impacted by a death by 1,000 cuts. And this is the beginning of our answer to these issues.
- Kevin McCarty
Person
So this Bill before us allows us to better have our law enforcement partners aggregate retail crimes for repeat offenders, focusing on multiple locations, multiple victims and multiple incidents, incidents of retail theft crime, focusing on aggregation.
- Kevin McCarty
Person
Secondly, it would allow our retailers to go directly to our Das through a FastPass program to cut out sometimes the time in between so the retailers go right to our District Attorney. We're going to partner with a previous budget allocation to help Fund these programs throughout California and our District Attorney's offices.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you Mister McCarty, Mister Zbur, you are recognized.
- Kevin McCarty
Person
So again, this helps us begin to answer the call for smart and balanced approaches. And yes, it's the right time to answer these questions. Mister speaker, respectfully ask for your arrival. Thank you.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
Thank you Mister speaker. Members, I rise in strong support of AB 1770, 1794. One of the seven bills of the Assembly's comprehensive retail crime package.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
This Bill presents a really creative new solution to retail crime by creating a statewide Cal fast pass program, which gives retailers an avenue through which they can submit alleged shoplifting reports directly to their local prosecutor, facilitating swifter responses and supporting businesses and addressing retail crime.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
I want to thank the author for his leadership in this whole entire area and respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you. Assembly Member Zbur, seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote, all those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote will close the roll and tally the votes. Aye, 67. No's, 0. Measure passes without objection immediate transmittal to the Senate.
- Jim Wood
Person
We're moving to the final Bill. We'll note if you're counting, this is the 6th Bill today. One of the bills was passed yesterday. Mister Jones Sawyer's Bill. AB 1802. So this is the 7th Bill in the package, item number 309 by Assembly Member Zbur AB 2943. The Clerk will read.
- Unidentified Speaker
Person
Assembly Bill 2943 by Assembly Member Zbur and others an accolade to crimes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Members Zbur, you are recognized.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
Thank you Mister speaker. Members, I'm proud to serve as a joint author along with Speaker Rivas on this Bill.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
AB 2943 the California Retail Theft Reduction act this Bill is a primary component of the broader comprehensive strategy and package of bills that advances balanced, effective and meaningful solutions to retail crime and endeavors to preserve criminal justice reforms that have been effective at keeping our communities safe.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
In developing these proposals, we have worked hand in hand with the speaker's office, the governor's office, the Public Safety Committee, and key stakeholders, including retailers, workers, criminal justice reform advocates, and law enforcement.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
We endeavored to achieve consensus wherever possible, and the proposals in this Bill and in the package are an outgrowth of the work of the Assembly Select Committee on retail theft, which had two comprehensive hearings featuring a range of perspectives. We reviewed the facts and figures and we heard the data as mixed.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
In some cases shoplifting is up and other places it's down, but we also saw more and more stores locking up their inventory and reporting increasing loss related to retail crime. We heard from retailers that retail crime is a very real, ongoing challenge in their stores.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
We heard from law enforcement about the resources and reforms they need to continue supporting our communities. We learned about diversion programs, how alternatives to incarceration can make a difference in our communities, and that one of the areas we should focus on is preventive measures and enforcement.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
We heard that the best deterrence is not going back to long prison terms, but instead ensuring that the likelihood that reasonable likelihood of apprehension and the meaningful consequences when someone is arrested are the key tools to preventing crime. We heard that retail crime is an emotional issue for many of our constituents.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
Business owners fear for their livelihoods, workers fear for their well being, and Members of the public worry that it may longer be safe or convenient to frequent their neighborhood stores.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
The concern and fear in our communities is real, and we must act with urgency, but we must also look at the facts and find solutions that will actually work.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
We need to make sure that we're pursuing reforms that are effective at targeting retail crime while avoiding a wholesale rollback of reforms that have worked to make our communities safer and have avoided imprisoning people, our most vulnerable people, for minor infractions or acts of survival.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
All those considerations informed this Bill and the Assembly's retail crime package that was announced by the speaker in April. As I mentioned earlier, this Bill is a primary component of that broader, comprehensive package intended to achieve balance with new, meaningful solutions and preserving existing criminal justice reforms that have been effective.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
So let me lay out the components of this Bill. First of all, organized crime rings. It focuses on organized crime rings that have caused very real and visible harms in our communities across the state.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
So first, AB 2943 places great emphasis on stopping these organized crime rings by creating a new crime of serial retail theft, those engaging in repeated specified conduct, or who possess quantities of goods inconsistent with personal use and the intent to resell.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
This and other components of the package are key recommendations of the governor's office released several months ago. The Bill also more specifically defines how the value of thefts from different victims can be aggregated to charge grand theft.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
Notably, the Bill clarifies the law that the intent standard can be met by evidence that the acts involve the same defendants, are substantially similar, and occur within a 90 day period.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
AB 2943 also expands the tools for police to arrest for shoplifting and to keep repeat offenders on those committing organized retail crime in custody, while also incorporating really important guardrails against frivolous and delayed arrests. It protects businesses from having nuisance actions brought against them simply for reporting legitimate retail crime.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
And significantly, this Bill helps address the root cause of theft by expanding the use of diversion and rehabilitative programs, offering the opportunity for early discharge if the program is completed again.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
Again, I want to thank the speaker for his extraordinary leadership in making this issue a priority and for his guiding all of us as authors in shaping a Bill package that will be effective.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
I want to thank the Governor, the Members of the Select Committee, the Members of the Public Safety Committee, and all of our stakeholders for their strong engagement over the past many months and for investing in developing this comprehensive set of proposals that will have a meaningful impact on retail crime. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you Assembly Members of Zbur, Assembly Member Gipson, you are recognized.
- Mike Gipson
Legislator
Thank you very much Mister speaker and Members, I wanted to just rise one in support of Assembly Bill 2943 and thank the Subcommitee and the speaker for one leading in this space just to elevate a conversation in my district.
- Mike Gipson
Legislator
Many of you know I was born and raised in Watts and Watts got the Freedom Plaza, which is a community involved community that we can have pride within our community. It's nestled right next door to Jordan High School. What it also attracted one of its kind and that was a Nike store.
- Mike Gipson
Legislator
The Nike store had been smash and grabbed 21 times. 21 times. So me and stakeholders had conversations with the Nike Corporation to make sure, do everything we can to make sure that the Nike store didn't close because of Nike's closed.
- Mike Gipson
Legislator
Oh, I forgot to tell you, Nike employees, about 90% of the people who can walk to work in the housing development next to the Nike store. So they're doing great for our community. They can employ people from our community. But they also was met with a challenge about closing their doors.
- Mike Gipson
Legislator
And we know if they close, they're never coming back. And if Nike closed, Ross close, if Ross closed, smart and final close, and then we will look at a center that was less than nine years old, that will stand beautifully, that will be closed.
- Mike Gipson
Legislator
And so I elevate that conversation to simply say, doing nothing is not an option. Chairman, we're doing something we're hearing because if we know, in fact that these stores employ people from our community and they shut down, they're never coming back.
- Mike Gipson
Legislator
And we know if they never come back, that means unemployment rates goes up and that means there's a domino effect taking place in our community. And so to hear that all these bills are making sense with stakeholders, I applaud this Legislature for doing it and taking bold action because the people are demanding that we do something.
- Mike Gipson
Legislator
And again, nothing is not an option. And I want to thank everyone who's carried a Bill.
- Mike Gipson
Legislator
I want to thank the Committee for meeting and working with stakeholders in order to, one, make sure that we don't create mass incarceration, but also do things in a thoughtful way because I hear about, and people see it on social media all the time about smash and grabs and people are being hurt, people are being let go and businesses are closing down.
- Mike Gipson
Legislator
So I think we have a lot to be proud of. And I want to say thank you very much and respectfully ask for the strong aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you Mister Gipson. Assembly Member Schiavo, you are recognized.
- Pilar Schiavo
Legislator
Thank you Mister speaker and Members. I stand as a proud principal co author for AB 2943 and want to thank the author and the speaker.
- Pilar Schiavo
Legislator
I was really happy to serve on the Select Committee on retail theft and have met with many businesses in our community who have been struggling with this, struggling for solutions and constituents who are concerned.
- Pilar Schiavo
Legislator
And I'm very proud of the solutions that we're putting forward today and the package that we're putting forward, and that this is a surgical approach to make sure that we are making the impact that we are intending to make.
- Pilar Schiavo
Legislator
Because I think sometimes you can be very reactionary when there are problems and do things that have a lot of unintended consequences.
- Pilar Schiavo
Legislator
And I think the issues that I have heard so much in our community around, you know, stealing under a certain amount of dollars, this is getting at that by allowing you to aggregate multiple thefts into one.
- Pilar Schiavo
Legislator
This is getting at the main concerns that people have brought to us in our community and finding solutions that will work, and we'll really get at those issues to be able to address them and to get folks who have been serial, you know, serial offenders to bring them to justice and make sure that there's accountability in our community and we see real change.
- Pilar Schiavo
Legislator
This gives police officers more tools in their toolbox to be able to address retail theft.
- Pilar Schiavo
Legislator
And I think that the whole package of solutions is smart and thoughtful, and I'm really proud to be supporting this, a co author on this and supporting the whole package today so that we bring back to our district solutions that are addressing concerns that we've been hearing for a long time. Thank you.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you, Assembly Member Schiavo. Senator Gallagher, you are recognized.
- James Gallagher
Legislator
Yes, thank you, Mister speaker. And Members and I do rise in support of this legislation. I do think this makes it better. The changes that are made to the code are going to help and provide additional tools for our law enforcement in dealing with retail theft.
- James Gallagher
Legislator
But I do want to say this has not solved the aggregation problem. And I think that has to be made very clear on this floor because it's still under what they call the Bailey doctrine. This codifies the Bailey doctrine. And the problem with that is you have to meet the intent. The intention.
- James Gallagher
Legislator
So we all know the story. Someone goes into a store, they steal under dollar 950. The next day they steal another, not quite $950. The next day they come back and they steal again, not quite $950. You can't bring those together to then charge that person with a felony. It's still a misdemeanor.
- James Gallagher
Legislator
Now, under the Bailey doctrine, you have to prove intent. And so in order to get aggregation under this Bill and this law, you have to prove one intention, one General impulse, and one plan. And this isn't me saying this. This is the District Attorney's Association of California who is saying that is very hard to prove.
- James Gallagher
Legislator
And it's one of the problems of not being able to get at aggregation when it comes to retail theft. And so the DA's just made it very simple and they wrote this letter to all of us and we all got it. It says the only way to ensure successful prosecutions using aggregation is by amending Proposition 47.
- James Gallagher
Legislator
There you have it. So this is a good Bill and I'm going to support it. But if you think that it solves aggregation, it doesn't. And so we still have more work to do on that front. Appreciate the bipartisan work that has been done today, and I ask people to support this Bill. Thank you.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you. Mister Gallagher, Mister Zbur, would you like to close?
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
Yes. So, first of all, I want to push back about this Bill not doing anything on aggregation. This Bill does has been coded by the legislative council to not require going back to the voters. And it defines what one intent and one scheme is in the Bill.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
And so if you look at the Bill, it is within the law. We've looked at the case law carefully and it does make it much easier, and it clarifies what you can do to provide, to demonstrate that what is one intent and one scheme. So this will make it markedly more straightforward for Das to prosecute these cases.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
I'm not going to comment on what other motivations DA's might have, but I can tell you point blank that I disagree with that point of view. So the last thing also to say is this Bill is intended to advance balanced, effective and meaningful solutions that address retail crime and preserve our criminal justice.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
Reforms that have been effective at keeping our communities safe. Widespread spread retail crime is not only bad for business and a source of shopper inconvenience, it's an issue of safety for our workers and our businesses, as well as the public's perception of safety.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
This Bill sends a signal to organized crime rings that they cannot continue harming our communities, and to those engaging and shoplifting to survive. These proposals embrace new tools like enhanced supervision and diversion programs to help people get on their feet. To workers, small businesses and the public, this Bill demonstrates that effective reform is on its way.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
Again, I want to thank our speaker for his extraordinary leadership throughout this entire period. I also want to thank the Governor, the Members of the retail theft Committee, the Public Safety Committee, our staff who's worked so hard on this. And with that, I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you. Assembly Members Zbur. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Aye, 64. No's, 0. Measure passes without objection, immediate transmittal to the Senate.
- Jim Wood
Person
Members I want to update you now on the schedule for today. We have dispensed with 73 bills and have about 100 more bills to reach our goal today. Therefore, we will be going later this evening, adjourning about 7:30.
- Jim Wood
Person
If needed, you can have your staff bring food to the Members lounge as we will not be breaking for dinner. And we will now continue to move through the file.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Members, we're going to move to item number 96, AB 3238. The Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 3238 by Assemblymember Garcia and others, an act relating to environmental quality.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assemblymember Garcia, you may open.
- Eduardo Garcia
Person
Thank you, Madam Speaker and colleagues. In the same spirit of bipartisan cooperation and thinking of urgency and it being the right time, this Bill before you accelerates the build out of electrical transmission to meet California's ambitious climate goals.
- Eduardo Garcia
Person
Achieving those goals will require unprecedented construction of electrical infrastructure to provide reliable renewable energy to electrify homes, commercial buildings, and transportation. To accomplish this, bold changes are necessary. AB 3238 contains provisions consistent with an 18 party settlement agreement before the CPUC that would modify existing permitting process at the CPUC to streamline and accelerate electrical infrastructure development.
- Eduardo Garcia
Person
This Bill will remove duplication and ensure the CPUC's timeline to permit transmission projects is expedited while still ensuring the opportunity for environmental review.
- Eduardo Garcia
Person
AB 3238 also contains a narrowly tailored CEQA exemption that would exempt the acquisition of an expansion of right of way that is very narrow and electric transmission infrastructure at state owned lands while still requiring final sign off from the landowner and a full CEQA review of the construction for the project by the CPUC.
- Eduardo Garcia
Person
This Bill went through four committees, if you include appropriations, where policy changes were also made, and we also established a workgroup where we met four times where many members of the three policy committees participated in. One of the major concerns that we heard from the beginning till now was the issue of the NCCP.
- Eduardo Garcia
Person
That part of the Bill was taken out in appropriations. The goal this entire time has been to be very narrow in our effort to ensure that we can meet our climate objectives while safeguarding the environment and building out this transmission that in some occasions has taken up to 10 years to site permit and build.
- Eduardo Garcia
Person
We won't be able to meet our climate and renewable energy goals if we stick to the process that we have had in place thus far.
- Eduardo Garcia
Person
Members, look, we've worked extremely hard to meet the policy concerns of members on this floor, stakeholders outside, but we've run into some ideological and philosophical concerns that, quite frankly, not a Fifth Committee could address or for that matter, more stakeholder meetings could ever take care of.
- Eduardo Garcia
Person
I respectfully ask for your vote and ask that we continue to work on this very important issue in the second house again to be able to meet our climate and green energy goals for the State of California.
- Eduardo Garcia
Person
If we don't do this, then we might as well just tell folks that we're not going to meet those goals and that we're going to need to change the schedule that we're on and that ultimately it's because we decided not to take bold action when it came to our own public policies.
- Eduardo Garcia
Person
That may be our impediment of meeting those goals. I respectfully ask for your aye vote on this measure.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assemblymember Wallis, you are recognized.
- Greg Wallis
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and members, I rise as a proud co author of AB 3238. If we're going to meet our climate goals, we need the most reliable grid possible. AB 3238 will help streamline electrical infrastructure by making, permitting and siting reforms.
- Greg Wallis
Legislator
I'd like to acknowledge the leadership and tenacity of my colleague from Coachella, or parts unknown, in getting this Bill before us. Let's expedite the electrical infrastructure projects we need to meet our goals. I ask for your aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assemblymember Bennett, you are recognized.
- Steve Bennett
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Chair, members, I rise to compliment the author from Coachella for the amount of hard work he's taken trying to work with this Bill. And I am confident he will continue to work equally hard as this Bill moves forward from here. So I encourage an aye vote.Thank you.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assemblymember Zbur, you are recognized.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
Madam Speaker, members, I rise as a co author and in strong support of AB 3238 as well. You know, achieving our ambitious climate goals will require the construction of electric infrastructure to provide the renewable energy we need.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
You know, we have to provide two to three times the amount of electricity we need to meet our climate goals, and we have to do that. We need the transmission to carry it to the places that we need that, and we have to do that while we're protecting our environment.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
I am so in awe of the author who has taken on something that is very, very difficult. But he also has the values and understands that we need to do this to protect our climate. But he also has the values and the principles about making sure that we're protecting our environment.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
He's been working very hard to bring to meet those two goals, and I think we can meet both of them. We need to give him the chance to continue working on this in the second house. And with that, I strongly ask for your. aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Doctor Wood, you were recognized.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you, Madam Speaker. I too, rise as a co author, and I want to compliment the author and co authors for their work on this. The author actually, indeed convened a working group on this in the middle of the process of three bills, three policy committees, and then appropriations. A really, really high heel to climb.
- Jim Wood
Person
We have been talking about transmission in this Legislature since two years ago at an oversight hearing chaired by my colleague from Coachella around repermitting or extending the life of Diablo Canyon.
- Jim Wood
Person
And one of the takeaways from that hearing was the fact that we have huge challenges with permitting, built siding and building transmission in the State of California, and we're not moving fast enough to do it. I appreciate, and I think, you know, you hold up my environmental voting record against anyone in this building.
- Jim Wood
Person
But sometimes I think we often, or we look at seeking perfection instead of good. And if we are committed to getting, reducing our, and eliminating our reliance on fossil fuels, that means we are electrifying more and more. And quite frankly, we are significantly behind on transmission.
- Jim Wood
Person
One of the takeaways from that hearing two years ago was that we have a hard time getting clean green energy up on the grid because there isn't a way to get it through the distribution, interconnection and transmission. And here we are two years later, still trying to push forward on this. This is about streamlining.
- Jim Wood
Person
This is about reducing redundancy. This is smart policy. And I recognize that sometimes there are certain issues that are really difficult for members to philosophically get around. But if we are serious about our climate goals, the time for action is now. Members, I encourage you to vote for this Bill. Thank you.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assemblymember Joe Patterson.
- Joe Patterson
Legislator
Thank you. Appreciate the opportunity to speak in support of this Bill. I was in the utilities Committee when we discussed it. I saw really the commitment that the author had to get this Bill not only out of Committee, but craft a measure with all the stakeholders that had concerns on this particular matter.
- Joe Patterson
Legislator
I think a lot about that. We set goals as a state, whether it's housing or whether it's reducing vmts or whether it's securing our electrical grid. And in order to meet those policies, we have to set the underlying policies to achieve those.
- Joe Patterson
Legislator
And it's very interesting to me about the amount of opposition on the underlying policies to achieve the overarching policies that are going to not only protect our environment. I mean, we all agree that having electrical infrastructure to power our clean energy goals is necessary. I mean, it's critical.
- Joe Patterson
Legislator
We can't do without it, but yet we kind of get in this mess about, you know, not being perfect. And so, I mean, I could say this Bill could go a lot further than what it does, but he's taking a measured approach right now.
- Joe Patterson
Legislator
But I would encourage this body over the next many years, if we want to hit the goals that we've set as a Legislature and that the Governor has said, then you have to actually pass some of the underlying policies. And so this is one small step, but it was not a small effort. I've got to say that.
- Joe Patterson
Legislator
So great work on it, and I look forward to supporting this measure.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assemblymember Muratsuchi, you are recognized.
- Al Muratsuchi
Legislator
Thank you. I want to acknowledge, you know, some of the opposition on this Bill that normally I'm aligned with, including organizations like the Sierra Club, the Natural Resources Defense Council, Center for Biological Diversity.
- Al Muratsuchi
Legislator
But, you know, I have to agree with all of the comments that I'm hearing on this floor, that if we're facing a climate crisis, we have to act like it's a crisis.
- Al Muratsuchi
Legislator
And I echo what everyone's been saying about how we've been talking about the need to build up, speed up the build out of the transmission grid in order to bring all the renewable energy generation online, and yet no one has been talking about, well, we haven't had significant solutions brought forth in terms of how to actually speed up the build out of the transmission grid.
- Al Muratsuchi
Legislator
So with all due respect to my friends in the environmental community, I will be supporting this Bill.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak. Assemblymember Garcia, your closing remarks.
- Eduardo Garcia
Person
Thank you so much for all of those members that have spoken on this Bill. We want to recognize the work of the three chairs, their consultants, those who have participated in the stakeholder meeting process. And I just want to say that there is work still in front of us.
- Eduardo Garcia
Person
But I want to be very clear that I've also identified that we have some very straightforward ideological and philosophical differences with some of the folks opposing the Bill, that we will not be able to amend those positions into the Bill.
- Eduardo Garcia
Person
And so I want to make sure that you all are hearing that loud and clear, that as if the Bill moves to the Senate, that our friends in the Senate, our colleagues, hear that as well, but that we will not shy away from continuing to have the constructive dialogues in order to ensure that the Bill is in a position to help us meet these objectives, these ambitious goals and objectives that we've set.
- Eduardo Garcia
Person
Respectfully ask for your aye vote, and thank you for your attention on this matter.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
The Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote, all those votes who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, the Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 54, noes zero. Measure passes. Members, let's give a warm welcome to Superintendent of Public Instructions Tony Thurmond, who is in the back of the chambers.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
And we're going to move back on file to item number 213, AB 2817. The Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 2817 by Assemblymember Dixon an act relating to highways.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assemblymember Dixon, you may open.
- Diane Dixon
Legislator
Hello. Thank you, Madam Speaker. Members, I rise today to present Assembly Bill 2817. AB 2817 is a simple highway relinquishment Bill. It gives legislative authorization to the California Transportation Commission to consider the relinquishment of a segment of State Route One to the City of Laguna Beach. This Bill is at the request of the city.
- Diane Dixon
Legislator
It has no opposition and no, no votes. Thank you, Members, and I ask you for your aye vote. Thank you very much.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote, all those votes who desire to vote, all those votes who desire to vote, the Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 52, noes zero, measure passes. We are going to pass temporarily on item number 214 and 215.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
We're actually going to take Item number 215, AB 2827. The Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 2827 by Assemblymember Reyes and others and accolading to food and agriculture.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assemblymember Reyes, you may open.
- Eloise Gómez Reyes
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker, Members. AB 2827 protects our agricultural economy. It'll require the state to detect and eradicate invasive species that could harm California agriculture. California is currently experiencing one of its highest levels of exotic fruit fly infestations in its recorded history. Invasive species can result in billions of dollars in losses every year if they become permanently established in California. Hundreds of crops are threatened by invasive fruit flies, including nuts, citrus, vegetables and berries. AB 2827 seeks to prioritize mitigation efforts against the serious threat of invasive pest species. The Bill has received bipartisan support in Committee, and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 57, noes 0. Measure passes. Moving back to Item number 214.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
AB 2818. the Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 2818 by Assemblymember Mathis and others, and accolading to county jails.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
And for Mister Mathis, Assemblymember Waldron, you are recognized.
- Marie Waldron
Person
Thank you, Madam Speaker and Members. I'm happy to present AB 2818 on behalf of our colleague from Porterville. The most recent data released from CDCR shows that the recidivism rate for justice-involved people in fiscal year 2018 to '19 stood at almost 42%.
- Marie Waldron
Person
The best way to reduce recidivism rates is to take steps to provide people with the resources they need to stay out of prison. AB 2818 requires county jails to provide justice-involved individuals with contact information for various resources that could be life changing.
- Marie Waldron
Person
Whether suffering from a mental health issue, poverty, homelessness, or substance abuse, most offenders simply need support, and this is exactly what this measure will facilitate. This Bill has passed with unanimous bipartisan support and no opposition. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak on this item, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote, all those vote who desire to vote, all those vote who desire to vote. The Clerk will close the roll. Ayes 59, noes 0. Measure passes. Members, we're going to go way back to Item number 27.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
AB 2481. The clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 2481 by Assemblymember Lowenthal and others, an act relating to social media platforms.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assemblymember Lowenthal, you may open.
- Josh Lowenthal
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker and members. AB 2481 the Youth Social Media Protection Act, will provide vital protection for our youth by requiring that social media platforms to provide timely responses to school administrators and school mental health professionals who raise concern that specific content may be in violation of a platform's terms and conditions and content policies.
- Josh Lowenthal
Legislator
It further creates a verified reporter mechanism to authenticate trusted school leaders and licensed mental health professionals so that the platforms can leverage the school professional's judgment in assessing the material risk to a child user's health and safety. Such reports will trigger an expedited human review by the social media platform with a timely response.
- Josh Lowenthal
Legislator
It is, quite simply, the village approach to solving crises online for our most vulnerable, our children. Why is this bill necessary? Like all of you, I want these companies to thrive, and adding CapEx or OpEx expenses without accompanying revenue may not seem like a way to make them more successful.
- Josh Lowenthal
Legislator
I should also take this time to acknowledge how hard social media companies are working to address the mental health crisis, and I believe that they do not want any unintended consequences from our online behavior. But the reason that we need this lies in the data. The data is overwhelming.
- Josh Lowenthal
Legislator
The data that shows us that suicide rates of young people in the United States has increased by 62% since 2011, that 22% of high school students have considered suicide, that nearly 30% of US teen girls seriously considered taking their own lives. 30% of US teen girls seriously considered taking their own lives.
- Josh Lowenthal
Legislator
Children and young people who were victims of cyberbullying were twice more likely to engage in self-harm and suicidal behaviors than their non-victim peers. Findings also indicated that the perpetrators of cyberbullying were at increased risk for suicidal thoughts and behaviors. So this bill, ultimately, is about life or death.
- Josh Lowenthal
Legislator
How do we turn these numbers around? If we can be responsible enough to acknowledge the mental health crisis in children is tied to the corresponding mass usage of social media by our youth, what are we affirmatively doing to turn this tide? Is this something that we're relying on the social media companies to do on their own?
- Josh Lowenthal
Legislator
Do they have the context to understand the complexities of a specific bullying situation, or if something is triggering a specific community, or if somebody is precariously close to self-harm? This bill is about creating a village to assist these companies to understand that context, to be alerted in the midst of a crisis, to lean on the input of local professionals all of us entrust with our children's safety.
- Josh Lowenthal
Legislator
California's educational leaders and licensed mental health professionals regularly bear direct witness to severe harms being inflicted upon youth due to content on social media, while having no means to address such content to protect the children in their care. They want to and can help only if we enable them to do so.
- Josh Lowenthal
Legislator
Now, the opposition is working this bill very hard, and that's natural as this is groundbreaking legislation and the rest of the nation, perhaps, maybe the rest of the world, will follow if this legislation passes. We are listening closely and carefully to their concerns and are committed to work with them or anyone on this bill to work out the operational questions of such groundbreaking legislation. But in the end, the facts here are overwhelming and these operational questions can be resolved as this bill continues.
- Josh Lowenthal
Legislator
Moreover, pervasive harm is being inflicted on California's youth through social media, yet social media platforms continue to fail in providing a sufficient response to the real-time threats. Either the social media platform provides no response or the response comes far too late after significant harm is done.
- Josh Lowenthal
Legislator
It is my belief that to fix this, they cannot do it alone. If this bill makes it off the Assembly floor, I have agreed and will be taking amendments in the Senate to remove the private right of action and to continue work with relevant stakeholders to strengthen the operational components to the Bill. Thank you and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assemblymember Bonta, you are recognized.
- Mia Bonta
Legislator
Thank you, members. I rise in support of AB 2481. I want to thank my colleague from Long Beach for bringing forward this bill. He is a father of daughters, I am a mother of daughters, and I know that at the heart of this bill comes one wanting to make sure that our children are protected.
- Mia Bonta
Legislator
To be able to hold our social media platforms accountable is something that we must all, all consider doing with great haste and with a deliberate intention. And we also need to make sure that we're putting our school administrators and school staff in a place where they can be resources. They're the ones who see the impact on a daily basis of the devastating effects that social media platforms and our youth interaction can have on their mental health.
- Mia Bonta
Legislator
So I want to again thank our colleague for bringing forward this bill. It's a smart bill, it's proactive, and it ensures that our resources and our school staff are put in the right place for the protection of our children. With that, respectfully request an aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assemblymember Lowenthal, your closing remarks,
- Josh Lowenthal
Legislator
Respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. The clerk will close the roll. Ayes 42, noes zero, measure passes. Taking us to item number 216, AB 2834.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
The Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 2834 by Assembly Member Rendon and others and accolade in the public post.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Secondary Education Assembly Member Rendon, you are recognized.
- Anthony Rendon
Person
I'm ready. Thank you, Madam Speaker. AB 2834 promotes greater dignity for adjunct faculty and more transparency for students by encouraging the Cal State system and the California community colleges to identify the names of faculty course instructors once they have been assigned to a class.
- Anthony Rendon
Person
This Bill will foster additional respect for the adjunct faculty Members that we have depend that we heavily depend on to teach our students. AB 2834 has had unanimous bipartisan support and I ask for your aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote, all those votes who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, the Clerk will close the roll. Aye's 61, no's zero, measure passes.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Moving on to item number 217, AB 2839. The Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 2839 by Assembly Member Pellerin and others inaccurate into elections.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assemblymember Pellerin, you may open.
- Gail Pellerin
Legislator
Thank you, Miss speaker and Members, some of you have probably heard about a robocall that was disseminated back in January of President Biden, which encouraged voters not to participate in the primary election in New Hampshire.
- Gail Pellerin
Legislator
That AI generated robocall was a prime example of a nefarious use of generative AI, which seeks to disrupt our elections and is unfortunately becoming more commonly seen in elections around the world. Imagine other examples of bad actors spreading a deep fake image of destroyed ballots or deepfake audio of an elections official confessing that they rigged the votes.
- Gail Pellerin
Legislator
These scenarios are now possible with the widespread access to highly sophisticated and convincing generative AI images and audio. This year, California is entering its first ever election, during which disinformation powered by generative AI images and audio that will run rampant and millions of voters will not know what images, audio or video they can trust.
- Gail Pellerin
Legislator
This type of election related disinformation can dramatically affect voter behavior and undermine faith in our elections, even if they are later debunked.
- Gail Pellerin
Legislator
AB 2839 addresses this growing threat by prohibiting bad actors from distributing digitally altered mailers, robocalls and video advertisements that are intentionally deceptive to voters and depict false information pertaining to candidates running for office, an officer conducting an election as an elected official, or voting equipment.
- Gail Pellerin
Legislator
This Bill has been carefully drafted to respect the First Amendment, as this Bill has layers of criteria that the deep fake materials would have to meet in order to be prohibited by this Bill.
- Gail Pellerin
Legislator
Further, there is a timeline during which the Bill would apply to deceptive mailers, TV ads and robocalls that are distributed within 120 days before an election and 60 days after inclusive Members getting the right information to voters is crucial to a functioning democracy, and it becomes very difficult to ensure the integrity of the election when convincing deepfakes are spread online, by phone or through the mail to intentionally misinform the public, I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Gail Pellerin
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak, the Clerk will open the roll.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
All those votes who desire to vote, all those votes who desire to vote, all those votes who desire to vote, the Clerk will close the roll. Aye's 48, no's four measure passes. Moving on to item number 218.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
AB 2854 the Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 2854 by Assembly Member Irwin and accolade to taxation.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Assemblymember Irwin, you are recognized.
- Jacqui Irwin
Legislator
Thank you, Madam Speaker. Today I rise to present AB 2854 which will bring much needed accountability to how local seal sales tax revenues are allocated.
- Jacqui Irwin
Legislator
The inspiration for this Bill comes from the informational hearing I organized on this topic last fall, where we heard from various cities about the shocking lack of transparency regarding so called sales tax rebate agreements.
- Jacqui Irwin
Legislator
While AB 2854 does not change any city's ability to enter into such an agreement, it will require that cities provide this information to the Department of Tax and fee Administration so that policymakers at all levels can make better informed decisions.
- Jacqui Irwin
Legislator
This Bill has received bipartisan support and I continue to have productive conversations with the League of cities whose Members have endorsed the concept. Thank you and I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Stephanie Nguyen
Legislator
Seeing no others wishing to speak, the Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote, all those votes who desire to vote, all those votes who desire to vote, the Clerk will close the roll. Aye's 49, no's one measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving on to file item 219. Assembly Bill 2862 by Assemblymember Gipson. The Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 2862 by Assembly Member Gipson and others and accolades, professions and vocations.
- Jim Wood
Person
So may Member Gipson, you are recognized.
- Mike Gipson
Legislator
Thank you very much, Mister speaker. Thank you for allowing me to present Assembly Bill 2862 which seeks to require licensing boards to prioritize African American applications seeking occupational licenses, especially those are descendants from persons enslaved in the United States.
- Mike Gipson
Legislator
Assembly Bill 2862 will serve as a four year pilot program to test the effectiveness of expediting professional licensures for these populations. This Bill is part of thousands of hours of research as part of the California Reparation Task Force report that presents evidence disenfranchising African Americans facing the professional section.
- Mike Gipson
Legislator
Assembly Bill 2862 is a priority of the California Legislative Black Caucus as a measure that will help bring parity to our communities that have been left behind. African Americans in California are severely underrepresented in high skilled professions, including technology, business, architecture and engineering.
- Mike Gipson
Legislator
Additionally, when you look at the level of professional employment, 61.4% are white and only 12.8% are African Americans in the nation. It is imperative that we do not sit by and not allow this disparate treatment to continue on. Especially we want to uplift vulnerable communities.
- Mike Gipson
Legislator
I respectfully ask that aye vote on Assembly Bill 2862 again, which is a priority of the legislative Black Caucus, part of our reparation task force.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you Mister Gipson. Assembly Member Wilson, you are recognized.
- Lori Wilson
Legislator
Good afternoon Mister speaker. Members, I rise as chair of the Legislative Black Caucus, noting that AB 2862 is a part of the reparations task. Are our reparations priority legislation this year.
- Lori Wilson
Legislator
This was born out of the reparations task force, which sought to look at and acknowledge the stain of slavery, the years, the generations actually of discrimination and racism and the impact that it has on California. And so this is one of those bills that we feel will address that stain, will address the generations of discrimination and racism.
- Lori Wilson
Legislator
And so we ask for all of you all to stand in strong support of AB 2862 on behalf of the legislative Black caucus. Thank you.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you. So may Member Wilson, seeing in hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Aye's 48, no's zero, measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving to file item 220, AB 2866 by Assemblymember Pellerin. The Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 2866 by Assemblymember Pellerin and others and accolades of pool, safety so may.
- Jim Wood
Person
Member Pellerin, you are recognized.
- Gail Pellerin
Legislator
Thank you, Mister speaker. Members in my district on Monday, October 220231 year old Peyton Cobb and 18 month old Lillian Hannon lost their lives in a horrific event. These children were at a licensed daycare home located in San Jose when three toddlers accessed the swimming pool located on the Premises.
- Gail Pellerin
Legislator
The pool was unsupervised and had a gate ajar. After being transported to the hospital in critical condition, two of the children were pronounced dead. I introduced AB 2866 to try and prevent this tragedy from ever happening again.
- Gail Pellerin
Legislator
AB 2866 will create a multifaceted safety requirement to update the Swimming Pool Safety act to allow for better drowning prevention standards. In addition to the fence around the pool, this Bill will also require a pool cover or alarm system.
- Gail Pellerin
Legislator
Additionally, AB 2866 will create a requirement for a daily assessment log to document that the pool at the facilities are being secured by the two step system in accordance with the law. Before the center opens, I respectfully ask for your aye vote on this support. Support Bill.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Aye's 60, no's zero, measure passes. Moving to file item 222.
- Jim Wood
Person
AB 2875 by assigning Assemblymember Friedman, presented by assemblymember Papin, Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 2875 by Assembly Member Friedman and appreciating to wetlands.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Papan.
- Diane Papan
Legislator
Thank you Mister speaker. Good afternoon colleagues. I rise to present AB 2875 on behalf of Assembly Member Friedman. This Bill will merely put into statute that it is the policy of the state to protect, conserve, and restore our precious wetlands.
- Diane Papan
Legislator
By enshrining this requirement in a statute, we're making it clear that the state must take actions and advance policies to benefit wetlands, which has not always been the case. This Bill has bipartisan support and received no, no votes. Respectfully request an aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close. Close the roll and tally the votes. Aye's 61, no's 0, measure passes. Moving to file item 223, Assembly Bill 2892 by Assemblymember Lowe.
- Jim Wood
Person
The Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 2892 by Assembly Member Low and accolade to vehicles.
- Evan Low
Person
Assembly Member Low, you are recognized.
- Evan Low
Person
I respectfully ask for aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
So support support Bill. Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. All in favor? Aye's 58, no's zero, measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Appreciate the brevity there. Assembly Bill, moving to file item 224. Assembly Bill 2893 by Assembly Member Ward. Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 2893 by Assembly Member Ward accolading the public health.
- Jim Wood
Person
Clerk will read I'm sorry. Clerk will read excuse me, Assembly Member Ward, you may proceed.
- Chris Ward
Legislator
Thank you, Mister speaker. Members, as California continues to navigate the mental health needs of our unhoused population along with the state housing crisis, we have learned these issues are often intertwined. An option that's been working for people who find themselves in this position is recovery housing, which focuses on treatment, but not to the extent of clinical settings.
- Chris Ward
Legislator
Recovery housing allows flexibility and is stable enough to provide an environment where people can successfully progress out of their addiction. AB 2893 establishes a state certification process for recovery houses through the Department of Healthcare Services.
- Chris Ward
Legislator
The certification standardizes care and requirements for all recovery houses in California, while also making available as a tool the state can use to addressing treatment for our in house population. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Aye's 48, no's zero. Measure passes. Moving to file item 225. Assembly Bill 2899 by Assemblymember Gabriel.
- Jim Wood
Person
The Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 2899 by Assembly Member Gabriel an act relating to health facilities.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Gabriel, you may proceed.
- Jesse Gabriel
Legislator
Thank you Mister speaker. Members, I am pleased today to present AB 2899 which will bring greater transparency to the way that the Department, California Department of Public Health response to complaints regarding the violation of California's nurse to patient ratio law.
- Jesse Gabriel
Legislator
This Bill will support workplace safety efforts and improve transparency by requiring CDPH to concurrently notify both the hospital and the individual who reported the violation, along with their collective bargaining agent regarding the action to be taken for substantiated violations. This Bill has received bipartisan support and has no registered opposition. Thank you and respectfully request your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 56 no zero. Measure passes. Moving to file item 226, AB 2903 by Assemblymember Hoover.
- Jim Wood
Person
The Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 2903 by Assembly member Hoover and others an act relating to homelessness.
- Jim Wood
Person
Mister Hoover, you're recognized.
- Josh Hoover
Legislator
Thank you Mister speaker, last year we had a bipartisan coalition of legislators that introduced an audit of homelessness spending in California. The Auditor's recommendation that came out of it was that we report back the cost and effectiveness of the dollars that we are spending in California.
- Josh Hoover
Legislator
We have currently spent 24 billion taxpayer dollars and seen over a 30% increase in homelessness. This will implement the Auditor's recommendation and help give us more information for future spending. Would urge an aye vote. Thank you.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you, Mister Hoover. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll and tally the vote's. Ayes 59 no zero measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving to file item 227, AB 2907, by Assembly Members Zbur. The Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 2907 by Assembly Members of ER, an actively into firearms.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Members of Burr, you are recognized.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
Thank you, Mister speaker. Members, I rise to present AB 2907, a Bill sponsored by the Los Angeles County District Attorney.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
The Bill tackles a public safety issue created by a disparity in the law that imposes more stringent firearm surrender protections upon those subject to civil protective orders than the protections and procedures imposed on persons subject to criminal protective orders.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
AB 2907 builds upon SB 320, sponsored by Senator Eggman, a Bill that codified the firearm relinquishment requirements subject to civil domestic violence restraining orders, and required the courts to notify law enforcement and prosecutors what a firearm relinquish. An order was not complied with.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
AB 2907 imposes on criminal defendants convicted of domestic violence, stalking and elder abuse the same firearm surrender procedures that are currently imposed on persons subject to civil protective orders. Timely and safe relinquishment of firearms is an essential component of effective domestic violence policy.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
By enacting policies that prevent abusers from having access to firearms, we minimize the possibility of further violence, injury and death. This Bill has no registered opposition. I ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes. Aye's 62 no's zero, measure passes. Moving to file item 228, AB 2910 by Assembly Member Santiago. Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 2910 by assemblymember Santiago. And accolade to housing.
- Jim Wood
Person
Passed temporarily on that item. Moving to item 229, AB 2926 by Assembly Member Kalra. The Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 2926 by Senator Kalra and others. An act relating to land use.
- Jim Wood
Person
Member Kalra, you are recognized.
- Ash Kalra
Legislator
Thank you Mister Speaker. AB 2926 would help California protect our limited affordable housing stock and prevent Low income tenants from being displaced. The affordable housing crisis is a growing issue and our affordable housing stock is disappearing at rates faster than we can build.
- Ash Kalra
Legislator
The California Preservation notice law requires affordable housing owners with expiring restrictions to allow buyers interested in preserving the affordability a year's notice to make a bona fide purchase offer and give them the right of first refusal to match any other offers.
- Ash Kalra
Legislator
However, because owners are not obligated to sell at all, they can instead hold the property, commit to not selling, and convert it to market rate, displacing existing Low income tenants in the process.
- Ash Kalra
Legislator
AB 2926 will help preserve existing affordable housing by requiring owners who receive a bona fide purchase offer to either accept the offer or re restrict the development as affordable housing.
- Ash Kalra
Legislator
This Bill also makes technical changes to the preservation notice law to include recently enacted streamlining legislation, prevent tenants from being displaced or priced out without notice, and provide notice to tenants that will inform them of rent increases and acceptance of Section eight vouchers. This Bill has received bipartisan support and I respectfully ask for your I vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seen and hearing no further debate, Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 63 no zero. Measure passes. Moving back to file item 228.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Bill 2910 by Assembly Member Santiago. Clerk will read
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 2910 by Assembly Member Santiago. An act relating to housing.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Santiago, you may proceed.
- Miguel Santiago
Person
Thank you Mister Speaker. AB 2910 will catalyze downtown recoveries in California's largest cities by facilitating office residential conversions. Respectively ask for an aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you Mister Santiago. Seeing and hearing no further debate, Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Aye 63, no zero. Measure passes. Moving to file item 230.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Bill 2927 by Mister McCarty. The Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 2927 by Assemblymember McCarty in accolade to pupil instruction.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assemblymember McCarty, you are recognized.
- Kevin McCarty
Person
Thank you Mister Speaker. After many years in the making, here we are today with a bill to add financial literacy to high school graduation requirements. You know, we could have used this back when we were in high school, understanding how to balance a checkbook.
- Kevin McCarty
Person
But maybe today's generation can understand when they get financially to go to college, what a loan is versus a grant, or when they go to buy a pair of air jordans on their phone and it says do you want to buy now and pay later? And they click yes.
- Kevin McCarty
Person
Affirm they realize if they miss one payment and pay the minimum payment over the lifetime, those Air Jordans that were 200 will actually be four to $500. Most of our teens learn this financial information through TikTok, which is great for youngsters but doesn't always have the best information for our young kids.
- Kevin McCarty
Person
Trying to make decisions with complicated things like finance, you know, renting versus owning a home, debt loads. All these issues have great impact on the success of our young people. This would add a graduation requirement beginning in 2031 for high school graduation requirements. 20 other states in the nation already do this.
- Kevin McCarty
Person
90% of Californians think this is a great idea to have our high school students learn these financial tools for a graduation requirement. This is also an equity issue. There are already these courses, but predominantly they're not in the communities where kids who could benefit the most from financial literacy. This is a support support Bill.
- Kevin McCarty
Person
Time for California to step up and provide financial literacy graduation requirements for all our high school students. Respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you Mister Mccarty. Seeing and hearing no further debate will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes. Ayes 65 Noes 0. Measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving to file item 231, AB 2929 by Assembly Member Juan Carrillo. The Clerk will read
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 2929 by Assembly Member Juan Carrillo and others. An act relating to foster care.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Carrillo, you are recognized.
- Juan Carrillo
Legislator
Good afternoon Mister speaker and Members. I rise today to present AB 2929 which seeks to advance family funding efforts for youth in foster care by requiring social workers to include already existing documentation of these efforts in court reports for review hearings.
- Juan Carrillo
Legislator
Many children enforcement care systems have been removed from their homes due to abuse, neglect, or other reasons beyond our control. In California, it is estimated that there are nearly 45,000 children in foster care and nearly 55% of them are Latino.
- Juan Carrillo
Legislator
Research has shown that children who remain positive relationships with their family members while in foster care have better long term outcomes related to housing, mental and physical health and education. I respectfully urge your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you Assembly Member Carrillo. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Aye 60, no zero. Measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving to file item 232 AB 2931 by Assemblymember Mike Fong. The Clerk will read
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 2931 by Assembly Mike Fong in accolade to community colleges.
- Jim Wood
Person
Mr. Fong, you are recognized.
- Mike Fong
Legislator
Thank you Mister speaker and Members. Assembly Bill 2931 exempts community college districts with merit systems from classifying part time students employed part time as student tutors in the district that they're enrolled in. Under current law, these districts must classify all staff unless exempted.
- Mike Fong
Legislator
While appropriate for most staff, this process is not necessary for part time students. Existing law already exempts full time students working part time and part time students in our work study program by clarifying that part time students are also exempt from classification.
- Mike Fong
Legislator
Assembly Bill 2931 enables more students to participate in peer tutoring, a valuable experience for our students. The bill has received no no votes and has received bipartisan support. I respectfully ask for an aye vote
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll and tally the vote's. Ayes 55 Noes 0. Measure passes. Moving to file item 233 Assembly Bill 2953 by Assemblymember Alvarez. Clerk
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 2953 by Assembly Alvarez and others. An act relating to public post secondary education.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assemblymember Alvarez, you are recognized.
- David Alvarez
Legislator
Thank you Mister Speaker. I present Assembly Bill 2953 which calls on the UC and the CSU to establish an accountability plan to empower first generation students. Students who are the first in their family to go to college often face barriers while encountering challenges and meeting things like the a through g requirements.
- David Alvarez
Legislator
Together, we can make a real difference in strengthening our public University outreach programs and empowering first generation students from participating. I respectfully asked for an iboat on 2953. Thank you Mister Alvarez.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 60 no zero measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
We'll now move ahead in the file to file item 265 AB 3233 by Assemblymember Addis. The Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 3233 by Assembly Addis and others an act relating to oil and gas.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Addis, you are recognized.
- Dawn Addis
Legislator
Thank you Mister Speaker. I rise today to present AB 3233, the Local Environmental Choice and Safety act. This Bill is a direct response to an issue brought by my constituents in Monterey County who want to have the choice to control their own destiny, especially when it comes to their public health, environmental health, property values and land use.
- Dawn Addis
Legislator
In recent years, and in line with, excuse me, in line with long standing practice and out of concern over the health, environmental and economic benefits of oil and gas production, cities and counties have taken steps to reevaluate whether to continue such operations.
- Dawn Addis
Legislator
Their efforts are aligned to California's efforts to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and create a carbon neutral future. Counties of Monterrey, San Benito, La and Alameda, as well as Culver City, have all passed local measures to reduce or eliminate oil and gas operations.
- Dawn Addis
Legislator
In doing so, they have exercised their right and responsibility to complete their own cost benefit analysis of whether to keep such activities in their communities and to determine if any continued operations are worth the negative consequences to health, safety, the tourism, economy, property values, the environment and much more.
- Dawn Addis
Legislator
Despite the overwhelming popular support for these measures, one ordinance in my County of Monterey has been overturned by a very narrow legal decision that said state code lacks clarity. This creates threat of very expensive future legal battles, creates confusion for other ordinances, invalidated the desire of voters, and limited local governments from being able to protect their residents.
- Dawn Addis
Legislator
The good thing is that it doesn't have to be this way. With AB 3233, we can re empower local communities to make decisions about their welfare, health and economy by clarifying the law.
- Dawn Addis
Legislator
AB 3233 is very simple legislation that clarifies local government authority to limit or prohibit oil and gas operations, methods and locations within their jurisdiction and creates no new mandates or bans. And with that, I respectfully ask for your I vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes. Ayes 41 noes 13 measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Move back into file order. File item 235, AB 2959 by Assembly Member Ortega. The Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 2959 by Assembly Member Ortega. An act relating to incarceration.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Ortega, you are recognized.
- Liz Ortega
Legislator
Thank you speaker and Members. AB 2959 reduces food prices in visiting rooms at California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation facilities by requiring food there to be reasonably priced. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you, Assembly Member Ortega, seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes. Aye 49, nos. Four measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving to file item 236, AB 2968 by Assembly Member Connolly. The Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 2968 by Assembly Member Connolly an act relating to fire protection.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Connolly, you are recognized.
- Damon Connolly
Legislator
Thank you Mister speaker and Members. Under AB 2968 all schools within a high or very high fire risk hazard severity zone must adhere to defensible space safety standards and establish a plan for evacuating students, staff and faculty in the event of a wildfire.
- Damon Connolly
Legislator
Defensible space, as we know, and evacuation protocols safeguard lives, reduce property damage and ensure the safety of responding firefighters. This Bill has received bipartisan support and no opposition. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 59. No zero. Measure passes. Moving to file item 238, AB 2993 by Assemblymember Grayson.
- Jim Wood
Person
Clerk will read
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 2993 by Assemblymember Grayson in accolade to home improvement.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assemblymember Grayson, you are recognized.
- Timothy Grayson
Legislator
Thank you Mister Speaker. AB 2993 establishes important consumer protections and the home improvement lending industry. Under AB 2993, home improvement lenders must confirm the terms of the loan with the property owner before loan agreement becomes final.
- Timothy Grayson
Legislator
Keep important records about the loan, follow an established timeline, when the funds can go to the contractor and when the borrower has to start payment. These reforms will ensure the borrowers understand the types of loans they're agreeing to and will help ensure that these projects are completed as promised. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you Mister Grayson. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 62, Noes 0. Measure passes. Mister Flora, you are recognized.
- Heath Flora
Legislator
Thank you Mister speaker. I would like to withhold vote changes and file item 27, AB 2481.
- Jim Wood
Person
Could you state that again? I'm sorry.
- Heath Flora
Legislator
Would like to withhold vote changes on file item 27, AB 2481.
- Jim Wood
Person
Clerk will note.
- Jim Wood
Person
We're going to continue on. We'll address that. We'll come back to that. Moving to file item 240 AB 3006 by Assembly Member Zbur. The Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 3006 by Assembly Member of Zbur. An act relating to energy.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Zbur you are recognized.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
Thank you Mister speaker, Members. I'm proud to present AB 3006, which promotes collaboration and thoughtful planning of the state's offshore wind economy.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
California has some of the best offshore wind resources in the country that can provide clean energy as the sun sets and will be critical to the state's ability to meet our clean energy goals.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
Offshore wind has the potential to bring significant number of high paying jobs to the state, especially in communities surrounding the state's ports and shipping hubs. However, the sheer scale and size of the technology means that the state will need to build specialized port facilities in a very short amount of time.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
The California Energy Commission in its draft absolutely 525 offshore strategic plan, estimated between 11 and 12 billion dollars, will be needed to upgrade existing port infrastructure. AB 3006 prioritizes the planning of offshore wind development by including an evaluation of funding needs for offshore wind infrastructure and the governor's five year infrastructure plan.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
This Bill will help ensure the industry is ready and funded to meet our clean energy goals. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you Mister Zbur. Seeing and hearing no further debate but lots of chatter, we will go. Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Aye's 56, no zero. Measure passes. Back in the file to file item 237. Assembly Bill 2975 by Assembly Member Gibson. Clerk will read
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 2975 by Assembly Member Gibson. An act relating to employment.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Gibson, you're recognized.
- Mike Gipson
Legislator
Thank you very much Mister speaker. I'm proud to present Assembly Bill 2975 which seeks to improve hospital safety by requiring metal detectors. With the appropriate staffing and selected entrances of hospitals, healthcare workers are on the front line of patient care and often face patients or family members that are in crisis.
- Mike Gipson
Legislator
According to the Bureau of the United States, Bureau of Labor and Statistics, healthcare workers are five times more likely to suffer workplace violence injuries than workers overall. And these violence, these violence are trending up. The issue of workplace violence add the healthcare workers stress and burnout.
- Mike Gipson
Legislator
Assembly Bill 2975 proposed to enhance the required safety measures for hospitals by requiring common sense measures such as appropriate staffing metal detectors at selected entrances to ensure that hospitals remain safe, a safe place for healing and and nonviolence. I respectfully ask for an aye vote on 2975.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you Mister Gibson. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 42 Noes 0. Measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving to file item 241 AB 3013 by Assemblymember Maienschein. Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 3013, by Assemblymember Maienschein in accolade to courts.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assemblymember Maienschein I think you're over there.
- Brian Maienschein
Person
Thank you so much Mister speaker. AB 3013 authorizes a one year pilot program in 11 counties to study the use of remote court reporting. While many court proceedings have been allowed to take place remotely, court reporters are required to be physically present in the courtroom in order to have the technology needed to produce an accurate record.
- Brian Maienschein
Person
AB 3013 allows courts to study the use of remote court reporting and then report the finding backs to the Legislature to inform future policy decisions. Thank you and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you Mister Maienschein. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Eyes 64 noes zero measure passes. Moving to file item 242.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Bill 3015 by Assembly Member Ramos. The Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 3015 by Assembly Member Ramos and others. An act relating to public post secondary education.
- Jim Wood
Person
Let's give Mister Ramos your attention please.
- James Ramos
Legislator
Thank you Mister Speaker. AB 3015 helps to expand college affordability for Native Americans, the most underrepresented group in higher education.
- James Ramos
Legislator
This measure would help ensure qualified students are not disadvantaged by tribal land boundaries and would aim to expand diversity within California's higher education institutions by granting students a fully recognized tribes whose lands border another state and who live in the state.
- James Ramos
Legislator
To be classified as a resident for the purposes of tuition and fees, eliminates a financial barrier and helps them pursue higher education. I ask for your aye vote on AB 3015.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you Mister Ramos. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Aye's 59, no zero. Measure passes. Moving to file item 244.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Bill 3031 by Assembly Member Lee. The clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 3031 by Assembly Member Lee and others, an act relating to state government.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Lee, you are recognized.
- Alex Lee
Legislator
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. If you love LGBTQ people and their rights, you will love this bill. Respectfully ask your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally of the votes. Ayes: 50; noes: zero. Measure passes. Moving to File Item 245.
- Jim Wood
Person
AB 3047 by Mister Mccarty. The Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 3047 by Assemblymember Mccarty an act relating to Youth Athletics.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Mccarty, you are recognized.
- Kevin McCarty
Person
Thank you, Mister speaker. You know, there's been a lot of debate, California across the nation about youth tackle football and the impacts of our youngest athletes participating in it. This Bill will task our state surgeon General to do some policy research and recommendations on the issue.
- Kevin McCarty
Person
You know, parents are voting with their feet and signing more and more kids up into flag youth tackle youth flag youth football as opposed to youth tackle football.
- Kevin McCarty
Person
But as opposed to us having a more controversial approach right here today, we're tasking our state surgeon General to do some policy analysis, research, look for best practices, and come back to the California policymakers and athletic groups throughout California for how to best proceed moving forward. Thank you. Respectfully ask for your I vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you, Mister Mccarty. Assembly Member Dixon, you are recognized.
- Diane Dixon
Legislator
Thank you, Mister Speaker. I just want to make a comment about this Bill. Last several months ago, there are many west steps were filled with parents who were opposed to this. I have no person in this fight. I have no grandsons or grandchildren playing football or interested. But I just feel on this, I should speak on this.
- Diane Dixon
Legislator
I question the wisdom and request your opposition. I question the wisdom of creating another new Commission which inevitably leads to new regulations, new laws, more costs to running state government. I just want to quote from Governor Jerry Brown, who said it best in his veto message related to mandating ski helmets for children in 2016.
- Diane Dixon
Legislator
Quote, zero, may I read that? Is it possible to read a quote? Okay, while I appreciate. Go ahead. Sorry. Thank you. While I appreciate the value of wearing a ski helmet in this case, I am concerned about the continuing and seemingly inexorable transfer of authority from parents to the state. Not every human problem deserves a law. I believe parents have the ability and responsibility to make good decisions for their children. I respectfully oppose AB 3047.
- Diane Dixon
Legislator
This is not the role of government. Let's let the decision makers for children's best interests be the parents and let the parents be parents. Thank you for letting me speak as a no vote on AB 3047. Thank you.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you Assembly Member Dixon.
- Mike Gipson
Legislator
Thank you very much, Mister Speaker. I rise in support as the chair of the Arts and entertainment, Sports and Tourism. I know that the author of this particular Bill 3047 has been working in this space for many, many years. And certainly he cares by looking at the data, he cares about children and children's safety.
- Mike Gipson
Legislator
And I know that he's been working on this. And I think that one, this Bill places the responsibility upon the surgeon General to come up with a very, not only strategic approach, but a sensible approach.
- Mike Gipson
Legislator
Whether or not our children should be subjected to playing tackle football with the TC, the head injuries and young people not being able or, you know, falling down and not waking back up and things of that nature. And so I think the data is clear. And so this is a prudent approach to take.
- Mike Gipson
Legislator
And I want to thank the author for working so hard with Wisdom by one making sure the surgeon General have an opportunity to weigh in this discussion. So I respectfully ask that aye vote on 3047.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you, Assemblymember Gibson. Assembly Member Mccarty, would you like to close?
- Kevin McCarty
Person
Yeah, I just want to note that we're working with the Administration. They asked us to move this measure along. This isn't about more government. This is about saving lives. And more and more research is coming out on this topic, just like we had on tobacco and smoking and youngsters 40 years ago.
- Kevin McCarty
Person
So it's best that we leave our public health professionals an opportunity to give us insight and respectfully ask for your. I vote. Thank you.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you, Mister Mccarty. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes, 45, noes, eight measure passes. Moving to a file, item 246.
- Jim Wood
Person
AB 3049 by Assembly Member Bryan. The Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 3049 by Assembly Bryan. An act relating to juveniles.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Bryan, you are recognized.
- Isaac Bryan
Legislator
Thank you Mister Speaker and colleagues. I rise present AB 3049. A recent statewide survey found that there are many instances where children in the child welfare system have representation and advocates who go to court on their behalf but have not yet met with them.
- Isaac Bryan
Legislator
What this Bill does is it allows for judges to continue a hearing if an advocate or attorney of a young person has not had time to meet with that young person and ensures that our people, who our young people who are in the child welfare system have the absolute best representation that they can have when fighting for the kind of decisions that will have a lifelong impact on their lives.
- Isaac Bryan
Legislator
I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Aye's 57, no zero measure passes. Moving to file item 247. Assembly Bill 3059 by Doctor Weber.
- Jim Wood
Person
The Clerk will read
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 3059 by Assembly Member Webber and others. An act relating to human milk.
- Jim Wood
Person
Doctor Weber, you are recognized.
- Akilah Weber
Legislator
Thank you, Mister speaker. Good evening, Members. I rise today to present AB 3059, which will improve health outcomes for our premature infants. This Bill requires that commercial health plans must include coverage for medically necessary pasteurized donor human milk, which is commonly referred to as donor milk.
- Akilah Weber
Legislator
Donor milk is a covered benefit under Medi Cal, but existing law does not clearly define it as a covered benefit under commercial plans. AB 3059 will ensure parity and require that all commercial plans provide coverage for medically necessary donor milk and will address the change to establishing a donor milk program.
- Akilah Weber
Legislator
This Bill is sponsored by the University of California, and I respectfully ask for an aye vote on AB 3059. Thank you.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you, Doctor Weber. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Aye 61, no zero. Measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving to File Item 248: AB 3061 by Assembly Member Haney. The clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 3061 by Assembly Member Haney and others, an act relating to vehicles.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Haney, you are recognized.
- Matt Haney
Legislator
Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members. AB 3061 promotes the accountability and transparency when it comes to both the deployment and the testing of autonomous vehicles. Right now, though we collect data extensively during the testing phase, that doesn't continue during the deployment, and we know there is tremendous interest in the safety and regulation of these vehicles as they deploy on our streets. We need to know what is happening and how to keep the public safe. This is a bill that will do that.
- Matt Haney
Legislator
It doesn't shut down the deployment of autonomous vehicles. It simply gives us the data here in the state that we need to be able to keep our residents safe and keep our roads safe, and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes: 51; noes: two. Measure passes. We're going to pass and retain on File Item 249.
- Jim Wood
Person
Move to item--File Item 250: AB 3083 by Assembly Member Lackey. The clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 3083 by Assembly Member Lackey and others, an act relating to domestic violence.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Lackey, you're recognized.
- Tom Lackey
Legislator
Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members for allowing me to present AB 3083, and in appreciation of your diligent preparation for this support-support measure, I ask for your support.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you, Mr. Lackey. Seeing and hearing no further debate, clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes: 61; noes: zero. Measure passes. Moving to File Item 251: AB 3087 by Assembly Member Mike Fong.
- Jim Wood
Person
Clerk will read
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 3087 by Assembly Member Mike Fong. An act related to economic development.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Fong.
- Mike Fong
Legislator
Thank you Mister speaker and Members. Assembly Bill 3087 extends the sunset of the California Community Colleges Economic and Workforce Development program of five years.
- Mike Fong
Legislator
The program was established in 1991 to support the state's economy through education and training programs that meet the needs of businesses and industry by creating career pathways, providing training, and engaging with our employers. I respect the ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you Mister Fong. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desires. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll. And tally the vote's. Aye's 61, no zero. Measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving to file item 252, AB 3102 by Assembly Member Hoover. The Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 3102 by Assembly Member Hoover an act relating to vehicles.
- Josh Hoover
Legislator
Thank you Mister Speaker. AB 3102 streamlines the licensing process for motorcycles while saving the Department of Motor Vehicles 10,000 appointments a year. I respectfully ask for aye vote. Thank you.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you Mister Hoover. Seeing and hearing no further debate, Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 52 no zero. Measure passes. Moving to file item 254, AB 3108 by Assembly Member Jones-Sawyer.
- Jim Wood
Person
The clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 3108 by Assembly Member Jones-Sawyer, an act relating to business.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Jones-Sawyer, you are recognized.
- Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer
Person
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I present AB 3108, which reinforce mortgage fraud law and provide recourse for vulnerable Californians who lose their life's work to shady mortgage lenders. Predatory mortgage lenders target homeowners with low credit, veterans, non-English speakers, and those who are unbanked or underbanked.
- Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer
Person
For most of these people, their only asset and source of equity is their home, and when they sign a predatory mortgage, they risk losing everything. AB 3108 will give victims a chance to achieve justice and regain their hard-earned money by clarifying that brokers who deceive and misguide consumers are committing mortgage fraud.
- Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer
Person
This bill received unanimous support in the Assembly Banking and Finance Assembly and Assembly Public Safety Committees, and it has no registered opposition. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you, Mr. Jones-Sawyer. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes: 60; noes: zero. Measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving to file item 256, AB 3139 by Doctor Weber. The Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly bill 3139 by Assembly Member Webber an act relating to privacy.
- Jim Wood
Person
Doctor Weber, you are recognized.
- Akilah Weber
Legislator
Thank you Mister Speaker. I rise to present AB 3139. With modern vehicles evolving into what some call smartphones on wheels, their increased connectivity raises concern about consumer privacy. This especially poses a threat of safety to victims of domestic violence, especially when their perpetrators exploit Apps to remotely track and control their cars.
- Akilah Weber
Legislator
For this reason, AB 3139 will require the if feasible, an automaker would need to update the technology in the vehicle to install an option allowing a consumer to immediately disable all remote tracking technology. And once disabled, that survivor would have seven days to submit the supporting documentation in order for that connection to remain severed.
- Akilah Weber
Legislator
I respectfully ask for your aye vote on AB 3139. Thank you.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you, Doctor Weber. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 62 no's zero measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Next up, file item 257, AB 3145 by Assembly Member Bryan. The Clerk will read
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 3145 by Assembly Member Bryan and others. An act relating to child welfare.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Bryan.
- Isaac Bryan
Legislator
Thank you Mister speaker and colleagues. Recently, two children died in LA County whose families had cases with the Department of Children and Family Services.
- Isaac Bryan
Legislator
And while there are many reasons this tragedy occurred, one of those reasons is because we required, we court ordered, that those parents go through parenting classes that were supposed to improve the chances of reunification, help heal past traumas, and teach the kind of necessary skills to reunify a healthy family.
- Isaac Bryan
Legislator
Those classes failed and we did not track that failure. In fact, we keep no data on the success rates of these court ordered classes.
- Isaac Bryan
Legislator
What this Bill does is start that process of collecting this data and reporting it to the Department of Social Services so that we know when we are sending parents to get the kind of resources and help that they need to keep their families together, that we are sending them to classes that prove the efficacy improve the outcomes for our children.
- Isaac Bryan
Legislator
That way these kinds of outcomes never happen again. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Aye 64, no zero. Measure passes. Moving to file item 258, AB 3150 by Assembly Member Quirk Silva.
- Sharon Quirk-Silva
Legislator
Thank you Mister speaker and Members. I rise to present Assembly Bill 3150. Assembly Bill 3150 strengthens accuracy of California's fire hazard severity zone maps by allowing the state fire marshal to consider map revisions through a petition process process.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 3150 by Assembly member Quirk-Silva an act relating to fire safety.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assemblymember Quirk-Silva.
- Sharon Quirk-Silva
Legislator
Outdated and inaccurate map designations can impact the availability and affordability of insurance information provided to property owners regarding the hazard level and the cost of housing, just to name a few. AB 3150 is a good government measure that establishes a mechanism to update the fire hazard severity zone maps for 50 acres or more.
- Sharon Quirk-Silva
Legislator
Similar to the process used for flood map revisions, AB 3150 not only promotes housing accessibility and affordability, but moves California toward a safer, more resilient future. This Bill has received unanimous bipartisan support and I respectfully ask for your I vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you, Miss Clerk Silva. Clerk seen and hearing no further debate, Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote Clerk will close the roll and tally the vote's. Ayes 57 no's one measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
We're going to pass temporarily on file item 259. Moving now back in file order to file item 84.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Bill 2783 by Mr. Alvarez, the Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2783 by Assemblymember Alvarez, an act relating to the San Diego Unified Port district.
- Jim Wood
Person
Mr. Alvarez, you are recognized.
- David Alvarez
Legislator
Good evening now, Mr. Speaker, it's really an honor to present Assembly Bill 2783, the San Diego Port Reform and Accountability Act. This bill implements key reforms that will improve transparency, accountability, and oversight at the Port of San Diego.
- David Alvarez
Legislator
In 2022, the County of San Diego issued a grand jury report that called for reforms within the Port of San Diego to improve the public's trust in this institution.
- David Alvarez
Legislator
It's no secret that communities adjacent to the Port of San Diego, just like almost every other port in the State of California, suffer from some of the worst air quality in our state.
- David Alvarez
Legislator
According to Cal EPA's CalEnviroScreen 4.0 tool, census tracks near the Port of San Diego score in the 100th and 99th percentile in exposure to diesel particulate matter. Can't get any worse than that.
- David Alvarez
Legislator
Assembly Bill 2783 responds to both the grand jury report and the community impacts by establishing independent ethics review, clarifying disclosure requirements, and codifying existing impact fund set-asides, all of which are standard in other public agencies and in other port districts in California.
- David Alvarez
Legislator
This bill will enhance the port's participation as a community partner and will ensure that the port's decisions are made in the best interest of the public. I want to thank my colleagues, all from San Diego County, who have expressed support. This bill has been a work in progress along the process, as every bill should be.
- David Alvarez
Legislator
We were successful in eliminating the opposition that we had from Teamsters and the California Labor Federation to address all their concerns and many concerns that were raised appropriately so by my colleagues from San Diego. And I really appreciate the work that went into this. And with that, I respectfully ask for an aye vote on AB 2783.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you Assemblymember Alvarez. Assemblymember Boerner, you are recognized.
- Tasha Boerner
Legislator
Thank you Mr. Speaker. I rise in support of AB 2783 and I'd like to commend the author for our fruitful discussion and his work to incorporate feedback from myself and other members of the San Diego delegation.
- Tasha Boerner
Legislator
He has worked remarkably hard on a very complex bill with many points, and every time I saw him go through this process, we should all strive to work our bills the way the Assemblymember from San Diego has done that.
- Tasha Boerner
Legislator
So AB 2783 ensures the transparency, accountability, and future prosperity of the port of San Diego, and I urge your aye vote today.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you Assemblymember Boerner. Assemblymember Ward, you are recognized.
- Chris Ward
Legislator
Thank you Mr. Speaker. I also rise in support of AB 2783. I want to commend my colleague and neighbor from San Diego for his hard work on this bill. I had concerns in Committee when this came up because this is an important regional asset.
- Chris Ward
Legislator
We are all proud of our port and the economic and environmental leadership that they provide for our region and importantly, the great good jobs that they have for those that work at our port tidelands.
- Chris Ward
Legislator
So with that, I want to commend them again for working on issues around governance, around ethics, around economic opportunity, around the provision that maybe we will actually have an emphasis on representation from communities that have been disadvantaged, from the history of activity and the environmental justice issues that imposed.
- Chris Ward
Legislator
And with your aye vote here today, I think you would all agree that this is the best-run port in the State of California.
- Jim Wood
Person
Next you're going to start talking about your baseball team. Hearing no further debate, Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 52, nooes zero. Bill passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving to File Item 260: AB 3158 by Assembly Member Berman. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 3158 by Assembly Member Berman and others, an act relating to community colleges.
- Jim Wood
Person
Mr. Berman, you are recognized.
- Marc Berman
Legislator
Thank you, Mr. Speaker and colleagues. AB 3158 would authorize, until July 1st, 2030, West Valley Mission Community College District to provide free college to their students by waiving tuition fees.
- Marc Berman
Legislator
This would put significant financial resources back into students' pockets, ensuring they don't have to choose between taking that extra class they need to graduate or the extra work shift so that they can afford groceries or pay their rent. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes: 59; noes: zero. Measure passes. Moving to File Item 261 by--AB 3167--by Assembly Member Chen.
- Jim Wood
Person
Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 3167 by Assembly Member Chen. An act relating to private post secondary education.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Chen.
- Phillip Chen
Legislator
Thank you Mister speaker. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Phillip Chen
Legislator
Seeing and hearing no debate, Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Aye 59, no zero. Measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving to file item 262, AB 3182 by Assembly Member Lackey.
- Jim Wood
Person
Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 3182 by Assembly Member Lackey, an act relating to land conservation.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Lackey, you are recognized.
- Tom Lackey
Legislator
Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members. This is my final bill, AB 3182, and I'm hoping you reviewed the measure, realize it's a support-support once again, and I ask for your aye vote once again. Thank you.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you, Assembly Member Lackey. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the clerk will open the roll. Members, this is a 54-vote bill. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes: 59; no: zero.
- Jim Wood
Person
Measure passes. Moving to file item 263, AB 3203 by Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 3203 by Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry and others, an act relating to alcoholic beverages.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assemblymember Aguirre Curry, you are recognized.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Thank you Mr. Speaker and colleagues. AB 3203 supports our local craft distillers by allowing them to sell their products online and ship directly to consumers, just like the wine and beer industries do. This is a support support I respect for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. All those vote to desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 57, noes zero, measure passes. Moving to file item 264, AB 3211 by Assemblymember Wicks.
- Jim Wood
Person
Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 3211 by Assemblymember Wicks, an act relating to artificial intelligence.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assemblymember Wicks, you are recognized.
- Buffy Wicks
Legislator
Thank you Mr. Speaker and Members, I rise to ask for your vote on AB 3211, the California Provenance, Authenticity, and Watermarking Standards Act. This bill will require all content from generated AI to be labeled as fake, require all content from recording devices to be labeled as real, and require all online platforms to display these labels.
- Buffy Wicks
Legislator
We're working very collaboratively with industry to make sure we have a bill that can be implemented and given the proliferation of AI, we think this is a really important build as we move forward into election season and others. So with that, respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 52, noes zero, measure passes. We're going to pass temporarily on item 266.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving to Item 267: AB 3251 by the Committee on Business and Professions, presented by Mr. Berman. The clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 3251 by the Committee on Business and Professions, an act relating to professions and vocations.
- Jim Wood
Person
Mr. Berman.
- Marc Berman
Legislator
Thank you, Mr. Speaker and colleagues. Bear with me. We've got five Committee bills. They're going to go quick. AB 3251 is a sunset bill for the Board of Accountancy, which is authored by the Assembly Business and Professions Committee.
- Marc Berman
Legislator
The bill extends the sunset date for the Board by four years and makes additional technical changes in policy reforms in response to issues raised during the Board's sunset review process. Respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. This is a Committee bill. Clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Ayes: 56; noes: zero. Measure passes. Moving to File Item 268.
- Jim Wood
Person
AB 3252, Committee on Business and Professions by Mister Berman. Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 3252 by the Committee on Business and Professions. An act relating to professions and vocations and make an appropriation therefore.
- Jim Wood
Person
Mister Berman, you are recognized.
- Marc Berman
Legislator
Thank you, Mister speaker. For fear of infuriating my colleagues. AB 3252 is the sunset Bill for the Court Reporters Board. For the court? Yeah, for the Court Reporters Board respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, and that nice short debate. Clerk will open the roll. All those votes who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Aye's 57, no zero. Measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving to file item 269, AB 3253 by the Committee on Business and Professions, Mister Berman. Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 3253 by the Committee on Business and Professions. An act relating to professions and vocations.
- Jim Wood
Person
Mister Berman, you're recognized.
- Marc Berman
Legislator
Thank you, Mister speaker. AB 3253 is the sunset Bill for the Board of Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors and Geologists. The Member from Orinda is threatening me. So that's all I'm going to say. Respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
With that, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Aye's 57, no's one. Measure passes. Moving to file item 270. AB 3254, Committee on business and professions by Mister Berman.
- Jim Wood
Person
Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 3254 by the Committee on Business and Professions, an act relating to cemeteries.
- Jim Wood
Person
Mr. Berman.
- Marc Berman
Legislator
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists don't know what they did to the Member from Miranda, but AB 3254 is the sunset bill for the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau which regulates the death care industry in California. Respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes: 59; noes: zero. Measure passes. And one more from our Member from San Mateo County.
- Jim Wood
Person
AB 3255, item 271, Committee on Business and Professions. Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 3255, Committee on Business and Professions, an act relating to healing arts.
- Marc Berman
Legislator
I feel threatened.
- Jim Wood
Person
Mr. Berman, you are recognized and heard.
- Marc Berman
Legislator
That was meant to be a private conversation with the colleague from Orinda. I respectfully present AB 3255, the Sunset Bill for the Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians. Respectfully ask for your "Aye" vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, I think clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. "Ayes" 58, "No" zero. Measure passes. Moving to the majority leader for her motion.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
I'm requesting to move my Bill, file item 211, AB 2813, to the inactive file.
- Jim Wood
Person
Clerk will know. Moving to file item 272, AB 3256, by Assemblymember Erwin.
- Jim Wood
Person
The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 3256 by Assemblymember Irwin, an act relating to public utilities.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assemblymember Irwin, you are recognized.
- Jacqui Irwin
Legislator
Thank you, Speaker Wood. I'm proud to present AB 3256. As ratepayers are seeing some of the highest electric bills in the nations, electric corporations use balancing accounts to track costs that occur regularly while memorandum memorandum accounts are used for volatile year-to-year costs.
- Jacqui Irwin
Legislator
AB 3256 aims to increase transparency and accountability by requiring the PUC to do a one-time audit to these accounts to determine if, number one, the costs in these accounts are authorized. Number two, whether the IOU complied with the terms identified by the PUC. And number three, most importantly, what is the rate impact to customers.
- Jacqui Irwin
Legislator
This bill has had bipartisan support and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Aye's 49, no zero. Measure passes. Moving to file item 273, AB 3291, from the Committee on Human Services by Assembly Member Lee. The Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 3291 by the Committee on Human Services, an act relating to Developmental Services.
- Alex Lee
Legislator
Thank you, Mister speaker. As chair of the Committee on Human Services, I rise to present AB 3291. This Bill does two simple updates for Regional Centers serving individuals with developmental disabilities.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Lee, you are recognized.
- Alex Lee
Legislator
First, this Bill creates a succession plan for aging caregivers who can no longer take care of their loved one with a developmental disability. The second provision allows Regional Centers to to offer services to consumers who are at risk of homelessness rather than waiting until they are already homeless.
- Alex Lee
Legislator
Both provisions of the Bill take a preventative approach which we all know saves the state money in the long run and allows for individuals to make choices for what is best for them.
- Alex Lee
Legislator
As the budget today is proposing a delay critical funding to the IDD community, this Bill moves the needle to allow Regional Center consumers the greatest autonomy for their lives. Respectfully ask your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you Mister Lee. Seeing in hearing no further debate on this Committee Bill, Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Aye's 55, no zero. Measure passes. Moving to AB 278.
- Jim Wood
Person
Excuse me, item 278, AB 2692 by Assembly Member Papan. Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 2692 by Assembly Member Papan, an act relating to criminal procedure.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Papen, you are recognized.
- Diane Papan
Legislator
Thank you Mister Speaker. I rise to present AB 2692. This Bill pertains to mental health diversion for criminal defendants who are deemed incompetent to stand trial. It seeks to ensure that placement time does not cut into treatment time. The intent of the Bill is to ensure that one receives the full benefits of their mental health treatment.
- Diane Papan
Legislator
Courts are currently authorized to find certain defendants who have been deemed incompetent eligible for mental health diversion. These participants are most often individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, or bipolar disorder who have been found incompetent to stand trial for felony charges.
- Diane Papan
Legislator
The sole purpose of the program is to provide mental health treatment for the defendant, not prepare them for future prosecution. It is very important to note that mental health diversion does not direct one to prosecution or incarceration.
- Diane Papan
Legislator
Current statute limits the available treatment time to two years, but does not clearly address when the two-year treatment limit begins, which has led to the clock. Starting at the determination of incompetence, not the commencement of treatment.
- Diane Papan
Legislator
Because it can take a few months for a defendant to enter diversion, this critical treatment that is owed to the defendant is often shorter than intended by law. In other words, the placement time is cutting into the treatment time.
- Diane Papan
Legislator
AB 2692 would clarify that the two-year period of treatment afforded to these defendants begins at the time treatment actually commences. In response to opposition concerns when the Bill went through public safety, I took an amendment to add a cap to the waiting period. This guardrail ensures defendants aren't waiting indefinitely to enter treatment.
- Diane Papan
Legislator
As a result, the Bill now specifies that no matter what treatment must conclude within 30 months. The effect of this Bill is to guarantee that defendants who are diverted into mental health treatment, those who are most vulnerable among us, receive the benefit of a full two years of treatment, thereby giving them the best chance at long-term stability. Respectfully request an aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you, Assembly Member Papan. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 47, noes zero. Measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving to File Item 284: AB 1832 by Assembly Member Blanca Rubio. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1832 by Assembly Member Blanca Rubio and others, an act relating to employment.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Rubio, you are recognized.
- Blanca Rubio
Legislator
Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members, for the opportunity to present AB 1832, which establishes a labor trafficking task force within California Department of Civil Rights. Labor trafficking affects many industries and it is especially prevalent in areas with large populations of minorities and migrants.
- Blanca Rubio
Legislator
AB 1832 puts into place the necessary enforcement to combat labor trafficking, refer complaints alleging labor trafficking criminal prosecution, and follow protocol to ensure survivors of labor trafficking are not victimized in the process. This measure has enjoyed unanimous bipartisan support, and I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the vote size. 53; noes: zero. Measure passes. Moving to File Item 285: AB 1863 by Assembly Member Ramos.
- Jim Wood
Person
The Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 1863 by Assemblymember Ramos and others an act relating to the California Emergency Services Act.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Ramos, you are recognized.
- James Ramos
Legislator
Thank you, Mister speaker. Today I rise to bring AB 1863 as a follow up to AB 1314, which created the feather Alert. Here in the State of California, the feather alert has been the first of its kind in the nation. A statewide notification for the public to be aware of when a Native American person goes missing.
- James Ramos
Legislator
This is combating the crisis in the State of California of missing and murder indigenous women, where California still remains number five of not even investigating the cases against missing and murdered indigenous people in the state. Today, I bring to the floor important updates and improvements to the alert system.
- James Ramos
Legislator
These updates were recommended by various tribal governments, including the Yurok Bear Valley and the Pechanga tribal governments. The creation of the feather alert had been one of the top priorities and remains a top priority for tribal governments and advocates who are fighting the missing and murdered indigenous persons epidemic here in the State of California.
- James Ramos
Legislator
Since its creation, tribal communities have faced several difficulties in requesting alerts to be issued when loved ones go missing.
- James Ramos
Legislator
This is why we must work together to improve to improve the feather alert and ensure that all missing persons cases are given the attention they deserve so that we can bring our loved ones home so they don't become a statistic in this crisis.
- James Ramos
Legislator
I ask for your support and I ask this body to stand with the Native American people here in the State of California in supporting this Bill. AB 1863 thank you Assembly Member Ramos.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the vote's. Ayes 55 no zero measure passes. Moving on to file item 286. AB 1888 by Doctor Arambula.
- Jim Wood
Person
The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1888 by Assemblymember Arambula and others, an act relating to employment.
- Jim Wood
Person
Dr. Arambula.
- Joaquin Arambula
Legislator
Thank you Mr. Speaker and Members. Labor trafficking is an egregious act that dehumanizes and exploits people's lives. Victims face threats from their employers relating to their documentation status, harm to their families, and loss of wages that prevent them from trying to escape and seek help.
- Joaquin Arambula
Legislator
Assembly Bill 1888 establishes a dedicated labor trafficking unit within the Department of Justice that can take the necessary steps to stop the abuses of workers. Thank you Members and I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 54, noes zero, measure passes. Moving to file item 287.
- Jim Wood
Person
AB 1976 by Assemblymember Haney. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1976 by Assemblymember Haney. An act relating to occupational safety and health.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assemblymember Haney, you are recognized.
- Matt Haney
Legislator
Thank you Mister Speaker and Members. AB 1976 will ensure widespread access to naloxone in California by requiring it to be in all locations that are required to have a first aid kit. I know this is an area that we have had broad agreement on as we face this devastating overdose epidemic that is killing so many people in our state. There have been bills that have required there to be naloxone in schools, naloxone in amusement parks, naloxone in bars and restaurants was attempted. We need naloxone everywhere.
- Matt Haney
Legislator
People may knowingly inject fentanyl or something that can cause an overdose. They also, in some cases, can be poison or it can be accidental. We need to make sure that naloxone is everywhere, that it can save a life. Fire extinguishers are everywhere because they save lives. Naloxone, Narcan, it matters how long we have. If it's minutes, we can save a life. If it's more than that, we cannot. This is a Bill that has had strong bipartisan support and it will ensure that people always know where they can find naloxone in the case of an overdose emergency. And I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you, Mister Haney. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 53. Noes 0. Measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving to file item 288, AB 2038 by Assemblymember Quirk-Silva. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2038 by Assemblymember Quirk-Silva, an act relating to parks.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assemblymember Quirk-Silva.
- Sharon Quirk-Silva
Legislator
Thank you Mr. Speaker and Members. I rise to present Assembly Bill 2038, my favorite bill of the year. This bill would ensure that eligible community-based organizations recognize Native American tribes and certified community Conservation Corps who provide noncommercial access outdoor programs will have the same ability to enter state lands and waters as the general public, but without additional restrictions, fees, or permit requirements imposed on them.
- Sharon Quirk-Silva
Legislator
Despite recent significant strides to prioritize equitable outdoor access through our historic investments and initiatives, barriers continue to persist for many Californians, preventing them from accessing the outdoors. Barriers like transportation costs and equipment expenses continue to hinder enjoyment of public spaces.
- Sharon Quirk-Silva
Legislator
Community-based organizations and tribal outdoor equity programs help further the state's goals by serving as trusted guides for groups from underserved communities to experience the outdoors. Regrettably, they often face regulatory barriers not imposed on the general public, including high fees and limits on activities such as times, dates, locations, and frequencies.
- Sharon Quirk-Silva
Legislator
This bill will ease burdens for eligible entities and streamlines regulatory management of small, noncommercial outdoor equity activities increase resource efficiency, and lessen the administrative burden on state land managers and eligible entity partners. This bill has enjoyed bipartisan support and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you, Assemblymember Quirk Silva. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Ayes: 58; noes: zero. Measure passes. Moving to File Item 289: AB 2050 by Assembly Member Pellerin. The clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2050 by Assembly Member Pellerin and others, an act relating to voter registration.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Pellerin, you are recognized.
- Gail Pellerin
Legislator
Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members. The Electronic Registration Information Center, known as ERIC, is a powerful tool our local elections officials can use to ensure that they have the most up-to-date voter rolls. AB 2050 allows the Secretary of State to join ERIC on behalf of the State of California to provide the state with data on voters who have moved in state, out of state, or died, as well as providing data on Californians who are eligible to vote but are unregistered.
- Gail Pellerin
Legislator
ERIC is a nonpartisan nonprofit governed by its member states that mutually agree to share data, such as voter registration and vehicle license data, in order to keep their voter rolls updated and to reach out to eligible but unregistered citizens. By the Secretary of State's estimates, there are nearly five million unregistered, eligible voters in California.
- Gail Pellerin
Legislator
ERIC members do not have access to any other member's data or reports stored on ERIC's servers, and state voter registration systems are never connected to ERIC. Furthermore, all data sent to ERIC would be subject to a one-way hash in California before it leaves the state. A one-way hash is specifically designed to be impossible to invert to acquire the original data values, and is considered one of the gold standards when it comes to data security.
- Gail Pellerin
Legislator
I've worked closely with the Assembly Privacy Committee to ensure voter privacy, and I'm grateful for the bipartisan support this bill has received and for the support of California's Secretary of State. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes: 46; no: zero. Measure passes. Moving to File Item 291: AB 2135 by Assembly Member Schiavo.
- Jim Wood
Person
Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 2135 by Assembly Member Schiavo, an act relating to the public works contracts.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Schiavo, you are recognized.
- Pilar Schiavo
Legislator
Thank you, Mister speaker and Members. Excuse me. Wage theft affects tens of thousands of workers every year in nearly every field. For families living paycheck to paycheck, wage theft makes balancing budgets impossible. Unfortunately, those same individuals often don't have the capacity to seek justice without additional support.
- Pilar Schiavo
Legislator
Bad actors also create a disadvantage for honest contractors living up to the highest standards we hold in California for public works. The statute of limitations for public works project labor violations investigations is creating situations where there are not only are worker complaints closed prematurely, but bad actors can continue to operate.
- Pilar Schiavo
Legislator
2135 provides additional time for the Labor Commissioner to conduct investigations and recent amendments remove Chamber of Commerce opposition. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 42, noes two. Measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
We're going to move back one item to item 290, AB 2068 by Assemblymember Ortega. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2068 by Assemblymember Ortega. An act relating to employment.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assemblymember Ortega, you are recognized.
- Liz Ortega
Legislator
I respectfully ask for your aye vote on AB 2068.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 50. Noes 0. Measure passes. Moving to file item 292, AB 2167 by Assemblymember Cervantes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Presented by Assemblymember Reyes. Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 2167 by Assembly Member Cervantes an act relating to Unemployment Insurance.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Reyes.
- Eloise Gómez Reyes
Legislator
thank you Mister speaker and Members. I'm pleased to present AB 2167 on behalf of our colleague, Assemblymember Sabrina Cervantes. The Bill makes our existing system of paid family leave more accessible to all eligible Californians.
- Eloise Gómez Reyes
Legislator
Current law allows eligible workers to receive supplemental wages of 60% to 70% of their current income for up to eight weeks to bond with a newborn or adopted child.
- Eloise Gómez Reyes
Legislator
AB 2167 seeks to foster a more supportive process by offering more time for individuals and families to access paid family leave, and it is in response to a number of stories of individuals who struggled immensely to apply for the benefits they deserved. On behalf of Assemblymember Cervantes, I respectfully ask for your I vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 48 no zero measure passes. Moving to file item 293, AB 2231 by Assembly Member Gibson.
- Jim Wood
Person
The Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 2231 by Assembly Member Gipson. An act relating to pawn brokers.
- Mike Gipson
Legislator
Mister Speaker and Members, thank you for allowing me to present Assembly Bill 2231 which seeks to propose a mandate, continuous education for pawn brokers in the State of California. This Bill have received bipartisan support. No no votes. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Gipson.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you, Mister Gipson. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Aye's 48, no zero. Measure passes. We're going to pass temporarily on file item 294.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving to file item 295, Assembly Bill 2323 by Assembly Member Pacheco. Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 2323 by Assembly Member Pacheco an act relating to Native American tribes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Pacheco, please proceed.
- Blanca Pacheco
Legislator
Good afternoon, Mister Speaker and Members. Today I rise to present Assembly Bill 2323. AB 2323 mandates the Native American Heritage Commission to prepare an updated report on the Native American tribes affiliated with the Sacramento region.
- Blanca Pacheco
Legislator
This Bill requires a Commission to collaborate with the tribes throughout the entire process, including selecting the entity to prepare the report, reviewing drafts of the report, and approving the report for publication. Updating the report is necessary to identify the events crucial to Native American identity and cultural awareness in the Sacramento region.
- Blanca Pacheco
Legislator
The updated report will build upon the original report completed in 1984. This initiative will help ensure that the history of Native Americans is properly reflected in the state capitol. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 52, noes zero. Measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving back in the file order, to file item 294, AB 2322 by Mister Hart. Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 2322 by Assembly Member Hart and others. An act relating to state government.
- Gregg Hart
Legislator
Thank you, Mister Speaker. AB 2322 will streamline the application and disbursement process for state grants under $20,000. The Bill has no opposition. I respectfully request an aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Hart.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Aye's 54, no's one. Measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving back in file order to file item 298, AB 2375 by Mister Lowenthal. The Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 2375 by Assembly Member Lowenthal and others, an act relating to alcoholic beverages.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Lowenthal.
- Josh Lowenthal
Legislator
Thank you, Mister Speaker and Members. Pleased to present AB 2375 which is part of a larger package of bills that I'm carrying to address the ongoing and underreported issue of roofie-ing taking place across California and across the world.
- Josh Lowenthal
Legislator
AB 2375 simply requires Type 48 licensed establishments to provide a lid to a patron's drink upon their request. Allowing patrons to have access to lids as a common-sense measure to deter perpetrators from attempting to commit these crimes, reducing levels of drink spiking, and in turn sexual assault and rape.
- Josh Lowenthal
Legislator
This Bill is received unanimous bipartisan support and has no opposition. Respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you Mister Lowenthal. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. Excuse me, I'm sorry, I'm just getting ahead of myself here.
- Laurie Davies
Legislator
That's okay. Thank you. Thank you, Mister Speaker. Members, I rise as a proud co-author of AB 2402. I first want to thank our colleague from Long Beach. He has been a tireless advocate on this issue since he arrived here, and this Bill is a next step in his work.
- Laurie Davies
Legislator
I can tell you from personal experience as someone who has worked and owned a business in the hospitality industry, this Bill will save lives.
- Laurie Davies
Legislator
Giving our employees and fellow owner tools and knowledge so they may incorporate best practices into their business model to prevent someone from being slipped a dangerous pill like the date rape drug is just pure common sense. Pills and dangerous drugs are being slipped into drinks and other concoctions at alarming rates.
- Laurie Davies
Legislator
And if the industry can start learning all the warning signs and know how to react, we can absolutely prevent future tragedy. Again, this is a terrific Bill and I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you, Assembly Member Davies. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes: 56; no: zero. Measure passes. Moving to File Item 299: AB 2402, also by Mr. Lowenthal. The clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2402 by Assembly Member Lowenthal and others, an act relating to alcoholic beverages.
- Jim Wood
Person
Mr. Lowenthal.
- Josh Lowenthal
Legislator
Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members. Pleased to present AB 2402, another crucial piece of the bill package of caring to address drink spiking, commonly known as roofying. I would like to take this opportunity to thank my colleague from Orange County who has been working on this issue tirelessly and before I entered the Legislature. Thank you so much for your efforts.
- Josh Lowenthal
Legislator
2402 requires the Department of Alcohol and Beverage Control to include training around how to handle and prevent cases of drink spiking into the existing Responsible Beverage Services trainings that are offered to restaurant, bar, and nightclub staff.
- Josh Lowenthal
Legislator
Increasing the training of employees at these institutions is a critical step in curbing the incidence of roofying and creating a safe and inclusive social environment. This bill has received unanimous bipartisan support and it has no opposition. Respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes: 57; no: zero. Measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving back up slightly in the file order to file item 296 AB 2364. A Bill by Assemblymember Luz Rivas presented by Assemblymember Ortega. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2364 by Assemblymember Luz Rivas. An act relating to employment.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assemblymember Ortega.
- Liz Ortega
Legislator
Thank you Speaker and Members. I rise to present AB 2364 on behalf of Assemblywoman Luz Rivas, which seeks to protect the health, safety and dignity of janitors. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you Assemblymember Ortega. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 42. Noes 9. Measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving to file item 302, AB 2631 by Assembly Member Mike Fong. The Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 2631 by Assembly Member Mike Fong an act relating to local government.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Fong, you are recognized.
- Mike Fong
Legislator
Thank you Mister speaker. Members, Assembly Bill 2631 requires a Fair Political Practices Commission to create and maintain an online ethics training course. Under current law, representatives of local agencies are required to take an ethics course every two years.
- Mike Fong
Legislator
As the body that oversees political reporting, having the FPPC maintain the service is beneficial to both local agencies and the state. Assembly Bill 2631 ensures that this training remains permanent and available. This Bill has no opposition and no no votes. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you Assemblymember Fong.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close roll and tally the votes. Aye's 55, no zero. Measure passes. Moving to file item 303 AB 2655 looks like Assembly Member Berman is back.
- Jim Wood
Person
Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2655 by Assemblymember Berman and others. An act relating to elections.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assemblymember Berman, you are recognized.
- Marc Berman
Legislator
Thank you Mister Speaker and colleagues. Five years ago, I authored the first election deepfake Bill in the country. Just a few short years later, the technology is better, cheaper, and more widely accessible, and we're seeing deepfakes used to undermine elections across the globe and here in America. Therefore, I'm authoring AB 2655 to protect election integrity by requiring large online platforms to, for a limited time, restrict the distribution of materially deceptive and digitally altered or created images, audio or video meant to influence the election. For less harmful, yet still materially deceptive and modified content. The Bill would require the platforms to label it as election disinformation. As technology changes, so too must our laws respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 43. Noes 0. Measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
We're going to pass and retain on file item 304. Now moving to item 306, AB 2754 by assemblymember Rendon.
- Jim Wood
Person
The Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 2754 by Assembly Member Rendon, an act relating to employment.
- Anthony Rendon
Person
Assembly Member Rendon, you are recognized.
- Anthony Rendon
Person
Thank you, Mister Speaker. AB 2754 will provide greater employment protection to port truck drivers across the state by ensuring companies that contract with them are held liable for any violations of labor law.
- Anthony Rendon
Person
Making these cargo owners responsible for labor law violations will incentivize them to contract only with companies that follow the law and properly classify their employees. Thank you and I ask you for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you, Mister Rendon. Seeing and hearing no further debate, Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote to desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Ayes 41, noes two. Measure passes. Moving back one item to item 305, AB 2738 by Assembly Member Luz Rivas, presented by Assembly Member Maienschein.
- Jim Wood
Person
The clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2738 by Assembly Member Luz Rivas and others, an act relating to employment.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Maienschein.
- Brian Maienschein
Person
Thank you so much, Mr. Speaker. On behalf of our colleague, Assembly Member Rivas, stage production workers who set up, operate, and tear down live events face serious workplace hazards. They work with complex systems in all types of weather conditions. There's a history of accidents, injuries, and even fatalities, and the lack of safety training and enforcement is dangerous for workers and event attendees.
- Brian Maienschein
Person
AB 1775 sets an industrywide standard that we passed in 2022, safety standard for staging and live events, but it put the onus on entertainment vendors to certify that workers met the safety requirements. AB 2738 strengthens the enforcements, and I respectfully request your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you, Mr. Maienschein. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Aye's 41, no nine. Measure passes. Moving to file item 307, AB 2776 by Assembly Member Rodriguez. Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 2776 by Assembly Member Rodriguez and others, an act related to state government.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Rodriguez.
- Freddie Rodriguez
Person
Thank you Mister Speaker and Members. Thank you for the opportunity to present AB 2776 which will allow the California Office of Emergency Services to prioritize infrastructure and housing recovery projects in communities that suffered losses of population and businesses due to a declared major federal disaster.
- Freddie Rodriguez
Person
Specifically, this Bill will encourage Cal OES to help communities recover more quickly by leveraging resources in the following programs. One, Hazard Mitigation Grant Program. Two, building resilient infrastructure and communities. And three, the California Disaster Assistance Act. This Bill result this Bill is a result of my many visits to disaster sites across California, including Pajaro and the town of Paradise.
- Freddie Rodriguez
Person
Five years after the tragic Paradise fire, the town is still in need of a sewer system in order to fully replace housing and businesses that were lost in the fire. This Bill would help ensure an improved response to communities that suffered catastrophic losses. For all these reasons, I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you Mister Rodriguez. Seeing and hearing no other debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close roll and tally the votes. Aye's 55, no's zero. Measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving to file item 308, AB 2873 by Assemblymember Garcia. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2873 by Assemblymember Garcia and others, an act relating to workforce development.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assemblymember Garcia, you're recognized.
- Eduardo Garcia
Person
Thank you Mr. Speaker and colleagues. AB 2073 makes minor but substantial changes to AB 1111 that was signed into law in 2017. It is the breaking barriers to employment initiative. This has received bipartisan support. Respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing... Assemblymember Papan, are you, do you want to? Oh, you're just ready for the next. Got it. Appreciate that. Love that. Seeing and hearing no further debate, Clerk will read. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 53, noes zero. Measure passes. Now we're moving to file item 301, AB 3023 by Assemblymember Papen. Clerk will read. Item 311. I'm sorry.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 3023 by Assemblymember Papan. An act relating to environmental protection.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assemblymember Papan.
- Diane Papan
Legislator
Thank you Mister speaker and colleague, as I rise today to present AB 3023. This Bill is about coordinating resiliency. It aligns state strategies and investments for wildfire resiliency, water security and conservation efforts. Restoring and conserving California's forests, watersheds and other landscapes together is necessary to reduce extreme fires and protect our water supply.
- Diane Papan
Legislator
AB 3023 will drive smarter, more strategic implementation of bond funding to maximize the cost effective benefits of our investments, which is imperative should this body pass a bond on to the voters. If you're going to approve billions of dollars in funding, shouldn't the right hand know what the left hand is doing? This Bill has no opposition. It has received no, no votes. I respectfully request and aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you, Mister - Miss Papan. Assemblymember Papan. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. I'm fine. Clerk will close the roll, tally the votes. Ayes 56. Noes 0. Measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving to file item 312, AB 3043, a Luz Rivas Bill by Assembly Member Flora. Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 3043 by Assembly Member Luz Rivas and others and act relating to occupational safety and health.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Flora.
- Heath Flora
Legislator
Thank you, Mister Speaker. I rise on behalf of Assembly Member from San Fernando Valley to present, AB 3043. As many of you know, and maybe not know, actually, countertop workers are contracting and dying from silicosis, a type of cystic fibrosis, a lung disease resulting from breathing in tiny bits of silica, a material found in many stones.
- Heath Flora
Legislator
The San Fernando Valley is the hub of engineered stone countertop industry and has become an epicenter of a global epidemic. Over 60% of the state's reported cases are in the San Fernando Valley. The majority of these workers are Latino immigrants. Silicosis is publicly known to be incurable and a fatal disease.
- Heath Flora
Legislator
Yet many of these cases in California have increased significantly under the watchful eye of state regulators. AB 3043 seeks to fix this issue. And I would just say, when we heard this Bill and Labor Committee, this is a classic example of what committees are all about. There were some concerns from the industry. Our colleague took those amendments and made this Bill absolutely supportable and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you, Mister Flora. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 49, noes zero. Measure passes. Moving to file item 313.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Bill 3160 by Assemblymember Gabriel. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 3160 by Assemblymember Gabriel and others, an act relating to taxation to take effect immediately tax levy.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assemblymember Gabriel, you are recognized.
- Jesse Gabriel
Legislator
Thank you Mr. Speaker and Members. I am pleased today to present AB 3160, which will preserve the existing 500 million in enhanced state housing tax for an additional five years, helping to build thousands of new affordable homes.
- Jesse Gabriel
Legislator
In 2019, California began issuing enhanced state housing credits to address financing gaps associated with affordable housing development and better leverage matching funding. These credits have enabled California to build tens of thousands of new housing units and draw down billions in federal housing credits, leveraging existing federal, local, and private funding at a ratio greater than five to one.
- Jesse Gabriel
Legislator
AB 3160 will ensure that the 500 million in enhanced credits continue to be available, providing essential certainty enabling the construction of tens of thousands of additional new affordable homes over the next five years. This bill has received bipartisan support, has no known opposition, and I respectfully request your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll.
- Jim Wood
Person
All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 48, noes zero. Mr. Gabriel, we have a couple more bills.
- Jim Wood
Person
Would you be willing to go back to file item 171, AB 2550. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2550 by Assemblymember Gabriel. An act relating to business.
- Jim Wood
Person
Mr. Gabriel.
- Jesse Gabriel
Legislator
Thank you Mister Speaker and Members. I'm pleased today to present AB 2550. A measure that will support California small businesses by cutting red tape and removing outdated or needless regulations that drive up costs for neighborhood restaurants. It provides appropriate flexibility so restaurants can make the design decisions that are best for them and their customers. This Bill has bipartisan support and there is no known opposition. Thank you and respectfully request your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you Mister Gabriel. Seeing and hearing no further debate, Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Aye 60, no zero. Measure passes and then we'll move to file item 200, AB 2728 by Assembly Member Gabriel. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2728 by Assembly Member Gabriel. An act relating to housing.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Gabriel, you are recognized.
- Jesse Gabriel
Legislator
Thank you Mister speaker. Another great Bill for you that builds on SB 4, the affordable housing on faith and higher education land. This Bill seeks to build on that progress by incorporating stakeholder feedback and adding some common sense accountability measures.
- Jesse Gabriel
Legislator
This Bill will further improve California's ability to build affordable housing and apply the lessons that we have learned from existing housing production models. This Bill has no opposition and has received no no votes. And I respectfully request an aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll.
- Jim Wood
Person
All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. We'll close the roll and tally the votes. Aye's 57, no zero. Measure passes. Madam Majority Leader, you are recognized for your motion.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Mister speaker, at the request of the author, please move file item 11, AB 2070, Cervantes to the inactive file.
- Jim Wood
Person
Clerk will note. Moving to file item 314, AB 3186 by Assembly Member Petrie Norris.
- Jim Wood
Person
The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 3186 by Assembly Member Petrie-Norris and others, an act relating to the public works.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Petrie-Norris
- Cottie Petrie-Norris
Legislator
Good evening, Mister Speaker. Members, I rise to present AB 3186. This is a good government Bill to ensure that private corporations that are developing taxpayer-funded projects are in compliance with California's existing public contracting and labor laws. Respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 49, noes zero. Measure passes. We are moving to file item 316, AB 2656.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assemblymember Jim Patterson. For the purpose of amendments, the clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2656 with amendments by Assemblymember Jim Patterson.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assemblymember Patterson.
- Jim Patterson
Person
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Members, I am presenting amendments tonight to AB 2656. This is the tribal gaming compact ratification for Table Mountain Rancheria. The amendment is adding a necessary urgency clause for the bill. I'm asking for your aye vote. Thank you.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you, Mr. Patterson. Without objection, we'll take a voice vote on the amendments. All in favor say aye. Opposed say no. Ayes have it. Bill is out to print. Back on file. Moving back to file item 304 by Assemblymember Rodriguez. Actually, it's the Committee on Emergency Management. AB 2660 by Assemblymember Rodriguez.
- Jim Wood
Person
The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2660 by the Committee on Emergency Management. An act relating to emergency services.
- Freddie Rodriguez
Person
Mister Speaker and Members, thank you for the opportunity to present AB 2660, which directs more federal grants to local jurisdictions for the purpose of enhancing local capacity in preparing for and responding to disasters. Specifically, this requires that Cal OES to provide cities, counties and tribes the maximum permitted amount of three federal emergency preparedness grants minus administrative costs. This Bill is offered as a win win for emergency management in California. Not only will it increase the capacities of local emergency management programs which are rooted in the communities they serve and are prepared or predisposed to be more culturally competent. But it also saves the state $12 million a year in General Funds during a current budget crisis. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assemblymember Rodriguez.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll, tally the votes eyes. Ayes 59. Noes 0. Measure passes. I'm going to move back to, in file order, to file item number 131. Assembly Bill 2353 by Assemblymember Ward. If you're ready, file item 131.
- Chris Ward
Legislator
The Bill's passed.
- Jim Wood
Person
Oh, somebody did that already. Well.
- Chris Ward
Legislator
We'll take up 186 if you're willing.
- Jim Wood
Person
Hang on here, there was another one. What was the item number, please.
- Chris Ward
Legislator
File item 186.
- Jim Wood
Person
186, yes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Okay, file item 186, Assembly Bill 2638 by Assembly Member Ward. Clerk will read
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2638 by Assembly Member Ward, an act relating to housing.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Ward.
- Chris Ward
Legislator
Thank you, Mister Speaker. AB 2638 would allow the sale and refinancing of HCD finance projects in order to deploy loan repayments into additional affordable housing opportunities. This Bill will unlock millions of dollars in low repayments for HCD to repurpose to increase the stock of desperately needed affordable homes.
- Chris Ward
Legislator
Additionally, this Bill eliminates the cap housing sponsors can spend on supportive services, allowing developers to maximize available funding to fully Fund services, making supportive housing more successful. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 63, noes zero. Measure passes. We will now move to file item 141.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Bill 2421 by Mister Low. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2421 by Assembly Member Low an accolade to employer, employee relations.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Lowe, you are recognized.
- Evan Low
Person
Thank you very much Mister speaker and colleagues. AB 2421 strengthens workplace protections for employees and I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, Clerk will open the roll.
- Jim Wood
Person
All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes, 46. No, 0. Measure passes. We are now moving to the top of the file Members file item number five. Assembly Bill 1809 by Assembly Member Rodriguez.
- Jim Wood
Person
The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1809 by Assembly Member Rodriguez and others an act relating to sentencing.
- Freddie Rodriguez
Person
Thank you, Mister Speaker and Members. Thank you for the opportunity to present AB 1809 which would make an incarcerated person convicted of first-degree murder of a peace officer ineligible for a due sentence under the General Resentencing Statute.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Rodriguez, you are recognized.
- Freddie Rodriguez
Person
Existing law already prohibits incarcerated persons convicted of first-degree murder from other forms of relief, such as compassionate relief or medical parole.
- Freddie Rodriguez
Person
So, while existing laws make offenders who are frail and arguably less likely to commit a crime ineligible for these two forms of relief, an offender should still be eligible for a reduced sentence under the General Resentencing Statute.
- Freddie Rodriguez
Person
Amendments taken in Public Safety Committee would allow recon resentencing if there was evidence or of a defendant's constitutional rights were violated. This Bill closed the loophole to align with state law, which already recognized that murdering a police officer is no ordinary crime and that offenders should not benefit from certain forms of relief. I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 56, noes zero. Measure passes. We'll now move to file item number seven.
- Jim Wood
Person
AB 3264 by Assemblymember Petrie-Norris. The clerk.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 3264 by Assemblymember Petrie-Norris, an act relating to electricity.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assemblymember Petrie-Norris, you are recognized.
- Cottie Petrie-Norris
Legislator
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Members, I rise to present AB 3264, a public utilities commissioner code cleanup bill. The bill simply removes from statute any mention of the now-defunct Power Exchange Corporation. Respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you, Assemblymember Petrie-Norris. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 60, noes zero, measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Going to pass temporarily on item 15. We're going to go to item 16. AB 2300 by Assemblymember Wilson. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2300 by Assembly Member Wilson and others and appreciating the product safety.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Wilson, Mister speaker.
- Lori Wilson
Legislator
Good evening Members. I'm pleased to present AB 2300, a Bill that will ban DEHP form use in iv bags and tubing. DHP belongs to a family of hormonally active industrial chemicals called flates, which are used to make plastic soft and pliable and can be found in a myriad of products. DEHP impacts the thyroid and immune system.
- Lori Wilson
Legislator
Research indicates that DEHP promotes drug resistance and inhibits the effectiveness of breast cancer drugs. It interferes with the ability of chemotherapies to fight breast cancer and that patients with higher levels of DHP in their system had higher rates of relapse and mortality Members.
- Lori Wilson
Legislator
I had the opportunity to experience this Firsthand last year when going through breast cancer, of having an IV bag. My IV bag fortunately did not have DEHP because the healthcare system that I used banned it and no longer uses it.
- Lori Wilson
Legislator
I have to worry about long term side effects from the drugs that I took, including leukemia and things of that sort. But there are women out there in California who have IV bags with DHP who will experience even more side effects from their chemotherapy, something that was meant to save their lives.
- Lori Wilson
Legislator
DHP has been shown to leach out of the iv bags and tubings and into the medication and other fluids being infused into the bloodstream of patients. The good news is, is that safer alternatives exist and are already being used in FDA approved, DHP Free IV bags like the ones that I had the opportunity to use last year.
- Lori Wilson
Legislator
We have heard concerns around a supply chain issue. So to address this, my office has taken amendments to move the implant implementation date for iv bags to 2030 and the iv tubing to 2035, which also, while also expanding the use of these products to all patients.
- Lori Wilson
Legislator
I would like to thank all of the stakeholders for the robust conversations we've had over the past few months, and I'm happy to continue those conversations as AB 2300 moves forward. Thank you to you all. AB 2300 is a small step towards helping to reduce the risk of contact with DHP and some of our most vulnerable populations.
- Lori Wilson
Legislator
I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you, Assemblymember Wilson. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Eyes 52 no zero measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving to file item 17, AB 3239 by Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo. The Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 3239 by Assembly Member Wendy Carrillo, an act relating to the Political Reform act of 1974.
- Wendy Carrillo
Person
Thank you Mister speaker and Members. Today I rise to present AB 32, which would permit campaign funds to be used to pay or reimburse airline travel expenses related to traveling with an emotional support animal, belonging to, and traveling with an individual whose travel is authorized to be paid using campaign funds, including a child.
- Wendy Carrillo
Person
We often discuss the importance of mental health, the lack of access to mental health resources, but often we find ourselves fighting against systems that don't support mental health treatment up until 2021.
- Wendy Carrillo
Person
A Doctor's note was needed to allow emotional support animals to be accepted from travel fees that can range from $125 to $175 per one way flight, which can conclude up to $300 to travel with an emotional support animal.
- Wendy Carrillo
Person
That policy was changed on a federal level and the cost associating for anyone that needs mental health support through an emotional support animal is now a personal experience. The presence of an emotional support animal can cause calming effects to an individual at work, at school, or at home.
- Wendy Carrillo
Person
This Bill passed the Assembly elections Committee with bipartisan support and has no opposition. Respectfully request an aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you, Assembly Member Carrillo. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll all those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. This is a 54 vote Bill. Members 54 votes 54 vote Bill. All those vote who desire to vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. 54 vote Bill. All those vote who desire to vote Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes. Ayes 56 no zero measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving to file item 19 AB 3048 by Mister Lowenthal. The Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 3048 by Assembly Member Lowenthal, an act relating to privacy.
- Jim Wood
Person
Mister Lowenthal, you are recognized.
- Josh Lowenthal
Legislator
Thank you, Mister Speaker and Members. AB 3048 is actually a simple Bill. AB 3048 makes it easier for consumers to state their privacy preferences from the start by requiring web browsers to allow a user to exercise their opt-out rights at all businesses with which they interact online in a single step.
- Josh Lowenthal
Legislator
Currently, three browser companies already implement easy-to-find opt-out preferences. There are Mozilla, Firefox, DuckDuckGo, and Brave. The other browser companies require either a third-party add-on or involve a laborious process that most people don't have the technical ability or patience to go through.
- Josh Lowenthal
Legislator
Currently, eight states, including California, require businesses to honor privacy signals as an opt-out of sale of their personal information. Most consumers are unaware of the amount of data that is harvested and disclosed by companies without their knowledge and that is used to leverage and influence their behaviors daily.
- Josh Lowenthal
Legislator
If this Bill is passed, California would become the first state to require browser vendors to directly support these signals, which would have sweeping benefits. AB 3048 is sponsored by the California Privacy Protection Agency and supported by several privacy rights groups.
- Josh Lowenthal
Legislator
In the end, 3048 will ensure that an individual's right to privacy is upheld by requiring web browsers to offer easy-to-find, global opt-out settings so that anyone can stop the sale of their information by all businesses if they so choose.
- Josh Lowenthal
Legislator
My office and sponsor of the California Privacy Protection Agency are committed to working with the opposition on this in the Senate. Thank you and I ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you, Mister Lowenthal. Seeing and hearing no further debate, Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Clerk will close the roll tally the vote's. Ayes, 46. No's, 4. Measure passes moving to file item 29 AB 2136 by Mister Jones-Sawyer. Clerk will read.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Bill 2136 by Assembly Member Joan-Sawyer. An accolade to controlled substances.
- Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer
Person
Mister Jones-Sawyer thank you Mister speaker. I am proud to present AB 2136 which clarifies the legality of accessing and providing drug checking services in California. The most effective way to address the presence of fentanyl and other analogs tainting the drug supply is through evidence based health and harm reduction approaches.
- Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer
Person
Increased access to naloxone, naloxone training and fentanyl strips help prevent drug overdoses and are keeping people safe and alive. Drug tech checking is simply another important tool at our disposal. Today, researchers and community based organizations throughout the state are offering to analyze small samples of drugs to reveal their components, including any traces of fentanyl.
- Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer
Person
Unfortunately, drug testing and analyzing for substance users is technically prohibited. This Bill clarifies the legality of accessing and providing drug checking services and provides legal, criminal, and administrative protections for providers and participants. It takes less than 10 minutes to reveal vital information about the contents of the substances people consume.
- Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer
Person
AB 2636-2136 an opportunity to save lives I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you Mister Jones Sawyer. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll, tally the votes. Aye's 41 no's three. Measure passes. We will now move to file item 20. Congratulations for whatever that was. That was the very last Bill for Mister Jones Sawyer. It's been a good run, Mister Jones Sawyer, but you're not done yet.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving to file item 205 AB 2761 by Assembly Member Hart. The Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 2761 by Assembly Member Hart and others. An act relating to public health.
- Gregg Hart
Legislator
Thank you Mister speaker. I'm pleased to present AB 2761 a Bill to reduce toxics in packaging. In 2021, the US Plastics Pact, a coalition of over 100 industry leaders and key stakeholders, including well known companies like Nestle, Unilever, Walmart, and Target, identified numerous unnecessary plastic packaging materials and additives.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Hart, you are recognized.
- Gregg Hart
Legislator
These substances include PFAs and PVC. Industry stakeholders have voluntarily pledged to eliminate these harmful materials from their products by 2025. Despite this goal, the use of toxic substances and packaging is still prevalent in California.
- Gregg Hart
Legislator
The production of PVC involves the use of vinyl chloride, asbestos and phthalates, toxic compounds that have led to microplastics being found in a number of human organs and in dogs. PFAS, as you've heard from colleagues earlier today, has been linked to developmental issues in children, various forms of cancer, and other detrimental health effects.
- Gregg Hart
Legislator
I understand the opposition has expressed a number of concerns with this Bill. I'm making a commitment to taking amendments in the Senate that strikes PVDC, limits the Bill to only intentionally added PFAS, and exempts over the counter drugs contained in blister pacs.
- Gregg Hart
Legislator
With these amendments, AB 2761 will reduce exposure to toxic chemicals, require the use of safer alternatives, and encourage the adoption of packaging practices to better protect public health and the environment. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll, tally the votes. Aye's 41, no's 10. Measure passes. Moving back in file order to file item number 30 AB 2238 by Assembly Member Low.
- Jim Wood
Person
The clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2238 by Assemblymember Low, an act related to tax administration.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assemblymember Low, you are recognized.
- Evan Low
Person
Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker and colleagues. Assembly Bill 2238 adds additional representation on the Franchise Tax Board and I respectfully ask for aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. We'll close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 44, noes seven, measure passes. Moving to file item 31, AB 2917 by Mr. Zbur. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 20917 by Assemblymember Zbur, an act relating to firearms.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
Thank you, Mister speaker. Colleagues, I rise to present AB 20917 a Bill sponsored by everytown for gun safety and the San Francisco city attorney. This week marks 10 years since the tragic shooting spree that took the lives of six UC Santa Barbara in Isla Vista, California.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
After that tragedy took place, survivors and advocates worked together to ensure that California passed a gun violence restraining order, GVRO law. In the decades since, GVROs have become one of the most effective tools available for preventing certain types of gun violence before they occur.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
By promptly and temporarily removing firearms from a person at risk of harming others or themselves, GVROs can be particularly useful for preventing mass shootings and suicide.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
AB 20917 updates and refines California's nation leading GVRO law to draw the civil court's attention to a broader set of risk factors in a court's analysis of whether temporary access to firearms should be restricted.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
According to the California Attorney general's most recent report on hate crimes in California, hate crime events involving racial bias, religious bias, sexual orientation bias, and gender bias all increased between 2021 and 2022.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
We have to strengthen our tools to prevent hate based violence, especially the alarming rates of violence against LGBTQ communities, especially Trans women, religious minorities, including people of Jewish and Islamic faith and minority racial and ethnic communities. This Bill guides the court to consider threats of violence made against groups protected by hate crime laws and threats of violence.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
To advance political objectives, California courts must stay alert to the importance of considering threats of hate based violence and threats of political violence when temporarily restricting access to guns, thereby preventing needless deaths and potentially saving lives. With this Bill, we honor gun violence victims and survivors and renew our commitment.
- Rick Chavez Zbur
Legislator
When the warning signs are there and we see someone threaten violence because of hate or extremist ideology, we must use the tools necessary to prevent tragedy. I ask for your I vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes. Ayes 48 nos three measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving to the majority leader for her announcement or her motion. Excuse me.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
Mister Speaker, at the request of the author, please move file item 12, AB 2516 Santiago to the inactive file.
- Jim Wood
Person
Clerk will note. Members, we will now move to file item 122, AB 2239 by Assembly Member Bonta. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2239 by Assembly Member Bonta an act relating to communications.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Bonta, you are recognized.
- Mia Bonta
Legislator
Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Members. AB 2239 addresses a critical issue in our digital age, ensuring equitable access to broadband Internet services for all Californians. Californians who live in areas with predominantly low-income residents and people of color are disproportionately disconnected.
- Mia Bonta
Legislator
Given the increasing reliance on digital technologies for basic needs such as education, work, and healthcare, it is imperative that we prevent digital discrimination and promote fairness and access to essential services. The bill, AB 2239 adopts the FCC's definition of digital discrimination, establishing a clear definition for digital discrimination of access.
- Mia Bonta
Legislator
This definition provides a much-needed framework for identifying and addressing discriminatory practices in access to broadband. In addition, AB 2239 expressly prohibits internet service providers from engaging in digital discrimination of access, defined as policies or practice that disparately or differentially impacts consumers' access based on race, ethnicity, religion, or national origin.
- Mia Bonta
Legislator
Disparate impact is a standard used in civil rights law to address unintentional discriminatory practices. Most notably, the Fair Housing Act uses the disparate impact standard to address practices in housing that adversely affect participants, protected groups based on race, color, religion, sex, familial status, national origin, or disability. Members, a disparate impact standard is not new.
- Mia Bonta
Legislator
We have used it for housing, employment, education, and lending. Changing the language to disparate treatment is not a simple word change. It is a change of a standard of review that would give fewer protections to Californians than the Federal Government currently does.
- Mia Bonta
Legislator
AB 2239 is a crucial step towards promoting equity and fairness and access to broadband internet services across California. Broadband access is an issue that affects urban, rural, and tribal communities. Access to the Internet is highlighted again in our California Reparations report.
- Mia Bonta
Legislator
The report highlights African American neighborhoods in both Los Angeles and Oakland have had the least investment in broadband internet in those cities.
- Mia Bonta
Legislator
In addition, the report reads, to facilitate needed access to telehealth, caregiving supports and emergency services, the task force recommends that the Legislature ensure that all African American elders, especially those who are descendants of a person enslaved in the United States, have personal access to low- or no-cost, high-speed broadband Internet services.
- Mia Bonta
Legislator
Members, as representatives of our communities, we have committed to protect the people of California, we have committed to saying no to redlining and in this case digital redlining. This is why we run. This is why we serve. I respectfully request your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you. Assumingmember Bonta, Assemblymember Alvarez, you are recognized.
- David Alvarez
Legislator
Thank you Mr. Speaker. I rise in support of this bill. I had the opportunity to have extensive conversations with the author. I know that a lot of you have seen some of the opposition who has also made an argument on this.
- David Alvarez
Legislator
The reason why I've decided to take a position of yes is because I think the author has one, really worked to try and find an opportunity to make this bill a workable bill.
- David Alvarez
Legislator
In addition to that, on the one argument that's being made primarily by the opposition, which is on a very small phrase in the bill that the author is presenting here, I believe that the work that she's done, she's identified a very consistent way of labeling what could potentially be discriminatory actions as it relates to internet service.
- David Alvarez
Legislator
And so I also know the author is definitely willing to try to make sure that this is applied the right way. And I'm also aware of some of the statements made by the opposition that perhaps there are some challenges to some aspects of this bill that potentially, as they state, may be unconstitutional.
- David Alvarez
Legislator
We'll see whether, you know what the results of those are and whether it applies specifically to this law that is being authored by our colleague.
- David Alvarez
Legislator
But in the absence of really evidence to determine that her intention does not line up to the essentially the phrases and the words that she's using in her bill, I would stand here and say that I believe she is doing this in the right way.
- David Alvarez
Legislator
And if there is further evidence that maybe this can be done in a better way, then we can consider that in the future. But I don't think it's enough to prevent this bill from moving forward at this time. So for that reason, I'll be supporting AB 2239. Thank you.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you Mr. Alvarez. Seeing... would you like to close, Ms. Bonta?
- Mia Bonta
Legislator
Thank you, Speaker. I want to have us all think about the children and the elders and the people in our community in California during COVID and the pandemic in your districts who had to sit outside of Taco Bell and Starbucks and McDonald's in order to be able to get adequate broadband service so they could look up their medicine information, connect with a Doctor, ensure that they could do a simple thing like do homework.
- Mia Bonta
Legislator
AB 2239 is supported by a broad coalition including the California Alliance for Digital Equity, SCIU California, the California Nurses Association, the mayor of Los Angeles. And with that we know that broadband access is a modern-day civil right. I respectfully request your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
And with that, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll, tally the votes. Ayes 41, noes zero. Measure passes. We'll move back in.
- Jim Wood
Person
Back in file order to file item 32. AB 3068 by Assembly Member Haney. Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 3068 by Assembly Member Haney and others, an act relating to housing.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Haney, you are recognized.
- Matt Haney
Legislator
Thank you, Mister Speaker and Members. AB 3068, the Office to Housing Conversion Act will accelerate office-to-housing conversion projects by creating a four-by-right ministerial approval for office conversion projects, while also providing the flexibility to ensure that historic buildings are more economically feasible and protected. It has received bipartisan support and respectfully asked for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 42, noes four. Measure passes. Moving to file item 35.
- Jim Wood
Person
We will pass temporarily on file item 35. Moving to file item 37. Well, we'll pass temporarily on that one too. Let's go back to Mister Haney. File item 39. AB 20115.
- Jim Wood
Person
Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 20115 by Assemblymember Haney, an act relating to controlled substances.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assemblymember Haney, you are recognized.
- Matt Haney
Legislator
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Members, AB 2115 will transform California from a state with the most restrictive methadone laws into a state that leads in accessibility for methadone treatment. Methadone is the most effective treatment for opioid addiction, but right now we are keeping it locked up when it needs to be in the hands of people who want to get off of deadly drugs like fentanyl.
- Matt Haney
Legislator
It's also absurd to have people have to line up every morning for methadone, finding drug dealers, preying on them, having a situation where they can't lead regular lives. This will ensure people have accessibility and more people can get off of deadly drugs. It will save lives. It's had bipartisan support and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you, Mr. Haney. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 53, ayes 55, noes zero, measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
We are going to move to file item 40 AB 1818 by Doctor Jackson. The Clerk will read.
- Unidentified Speaker
Person
Assembly Bill 1818 by Assembly Member Jackson and others an accolade to the public post secondary education.
- Jim Wood
Person
Doctor Jackson.
- Corey Jackson
Legislator
Thank you very much Mister speaker. AB 1818 Members is a Bill to ensure that we provide more consistency and predictability for our homeless college students.
- Corey Jackson
Legislator
In particularly, this elects a certain amount of colleges and universities to create a pilot program that will create best practices on allowing for the safe and effective parking of homeless students overnight in University parking lots. These are students who have paid their tuition. These are students who paid for parking.
- Corey Jackson
Legislator
Their only offense of not being able to be there is because they are homeless. We have got to make sure that if homelessness is a state priority, all state institutions need to help with the heavy lifting that we are in. I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you Doctor Jackson.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing. Ah, Mister Berman.
- Marc Berman
Legislator
Thank you colleagues. I just really want to thank my colleague for bringing up this important Bill. Some of you who were around five years ago might remember I had a Bill in the space that we were not successful at, but really appreciate my colleague for taking up the mantle. It's such a righteous issue.
- Marc Berman
Legislator
And if you talk to community college students who are just trying to get an education, just trying to improve their future, trying to improve, in a lot of instances, their children's future, and the reality is that these students, these homeless students, it's not like they disappear if they're not allowed to sleep on campus.
- Marc Berman
Legislator
What they do is they sleep in the neighborhoods around campus and they make the situation for themselves and for others less safe. This includes veterans. I was talking with the former primary witness for my Bill five years ago, who was a homeless veteran for a time. He now lives down in Southern California.
- Marc Berman
Legislator
He's about to run for office, which is awesome. But he talked about how he felt unsafe sleeping in his pickup truck as a veteran. So imagine people who don't have that background, that training, and what they're going through every night.
- Marc Berman
Legislator
And a study five years ago showed 19% of California community college students had experienced homelessness in the prior 12 months. It's only gotten worse since then. So really appreciate, my colleagues strongly urge you to support AB 1818.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you. Mister Berman. Would you like to close? Doctor Jackson?
- Corey Jackson
Legislator
Thank you very much Mister speaker. Certainly. I want to thank my colleague for the leadership on this issue. We just need to remember one thing, one thing that we even learned as social workers, and that is consistency and predictability.
- Corey Jackson
Legislator
The more consistency and predictability you can give to people the better chance that they can be on their way to thrive. And that's what we're trying to give to these students. Thank you so much. Respectfully asked for an aye vote.
- Corey Jackson
Legislator
Thank you Doctor Jackson. Seeing in hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll and tally the vote. Aye 52, No, 0. Measure passes. We're going to move back to file item 35.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Bill 2234 by Assemblymember Boerner. Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2234 by Assemblymember Boerner and others an act relating to vehicles.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assemblymember Boerner, you are recognized.
- Tasha Boerner
Legislator
Thank you. Good evening Mr. Speaker and Members. It's another day, another bike bill. AB 2234 would authorize a four-year opt-in pilot project in the County of San Diego, banning class one and class two e-bikes for anyone under the age of 12, consistent with the data from the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
- Tasha Boerner
Legislator
The County of San Diego or any city within the county would have to pass an ordinance or resolution to implement the pilot program with reporting requirements mirroring the Racial and Identity Profiling Act known as RIPA.
- Tasha Boerner
Legislator
Also, these cities, if they opt in, would have to offer a diversion program, which is de facto a traffic school for bikes. This bill is supported by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the California Orthopedic Association, the League of California Cities, as well as the San Diego cities of Carlsbad and Encinitas in my district.
- Tasha Boerner
Legislator
I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you Assemblymember Boerner. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 47, noes zero, measure passes. Moving to file item 42.
- Jim Wood
Person
AB 1856 by Assembly Member Ta. The Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 1856 by Assembly Member Ta and others. An act relating to crimes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Ta, you are recognized.
- Tri Ta
Legislator
Thank you Mister speaker and Members. AB 1856 would make it a misdemeanor for a person to not only distribute artificially generate sexual image and veto of an identifiable person without a person consent.
- Tri Ta
Legislator
Defect technology has become more widely accessible in recent years and can be used to quickly recreate digital content that is so realistic that it is difficult to tell if it is real or not. Defect pornographic images of an innocent person are on the Internet permanently and can destroy a victim life.
- Tri Ta
Legislator
Pornographic defect posts are serious threat to the health, reputation, and financial and mental stability of a target individual. I took amendment and Committee to address concerns raised by my colleagues. New York passed a similar law last year, but I believe that California should be at the forefront of this issue. I respectfully ask for you aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you Assembly Member Ta. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Aye's 50, no zero. Measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving to file item 43, Assembly Bill 1912 by Assemblymember Pacheco. The clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1912 by Assemblymember Pacheco and others, an act relating to electricity and making an appropriation therefore.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assemblymember Pacheco.
- Blanca Pacheco
Legislator
Good afternoon, Mr. Speaker and members. Today I rise to present Assembly Bill 1912. AB 1912 directs the California Council on Science and Technology to prepare a written analysis that includes relevant data on the efficacy, cost impact, and overall effect of each proposed legislative mandate prior to a vote in legislative policy committees.
- Blanca Pacheco
Legislator
This measure is modeled after the existing process of the Assembly House Committee's review of new bills that affect healthcare affordability, known as CHBRP. AB 1912 will provide legislators with third-party detailed technical and academic data about proposed legislation that will result in rate or bill increases.
- Blanca Pacheco
Legislator
Legislators will be able to use this additional information to shape energy policy that helps accelerate the state toward meeting its climate goals and keep electric rates affordable. This bill requires IOUs to pay for this report and specifically states that large electrical corporations shall not recover the costs from its ratepayers. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. This bill requires 54 votes. Members, all those vote who desire to vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes, 55. No's, 0. Measure passes. Moving to file item 46. AB 1961 by Assembly Member Wicks the Clerk will read.
- Unidentified Speaker
Person
Assembly Bill 1961 by Assembly Member Wicks and others an accolade to food access.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Wicks.
- Buffy Wicks
Legislator
Thank you Mister speaker. The End hunger in California act enjoys support support respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate. Clerk will read will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote Clerk will close the roll. Tally the vote's Aye's, 56. No's, 0. Measure passes. Moving to file item 47. Assembly Bill 1979 by Assembly Member Ward.
- Jim Wood
Person
Clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 1979 by Assemblymember Ward and others, an act relating to civil law.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assemblymember Ward.
- Chris Ward
Legislator
Thank you Mr. Speaker and Members, I rise to present AB 1979 the Doxxing Victims Recourse Act, joint authored by our majority leader. This Bill provides relief and support for victims who have been harmed as a result of being doxxed by allowing them to pursue civil restitution for the harms they endured.
- Chris Ward
Legislator
Doxxing is a harassment tactic that occurs when a person releases another individual's private personally identifying information without their intent to cause them harm. While doxxing is already a crime under the California Penal Code, protections and recourse are absent in the civil code.
- Chris Ward
Legislator
So this bill will correct this by providing a doxxing victim an avenue to be made whole via restitution for the harms they endure due to the actions of the offender, thus allowing victims support to get their lives back on track. I respectfully ask for your aye vote on AB 1979.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Ayes 49, noes zero measure passes. Moving to file item 48, AB 1993 by Assemblymember Kalra.
- Jim Wood
Person
Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 1993 by Assembly Member Kalra. An act relating to care facilities.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Kalra.
- Ash Kalra
Legislator
Thank you Mister Speaker. AB 1993 would help address the housing needs of California's growing aging population by expanding the number of individuals Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly, or RCFE's, conserved by replacing the six bed cap with an eight or fewer cap.
- Ash Kalra
Legislator
RCFE's are community based homes that offer housing arrangements for various levels of non medical care supervision. By allowing RCFE's to expand and serve more people, AB 1993 can help ensure older adults who choose an assisted living home can remain in their communities while also receiving the 24 hours non medical care they need.
- Ash Kalra
Legislator
Additionally, ensuring these homes meet the safety and building standards to expand as a priority. So under this Bill, RCFE's will still be required to be consistent with the Department of Social Services and Community Care licensing.
- Ash Kalra
Legislator
This Bill has received bipartisan support and I respect we ask for an aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll.
- Jim Wood
Person
All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll tally the votes. Aye's 52, no's 2. Measure passes. Moving to file item 49, AB 1996 by Mister Alanis. Clerk will read.
- Jim Wood
Person
Bill 1996 by Assembly Member Alanis and I applauding to opioids.
- Juan Alanis
Legislator
Assembly Member thank you Mister Speaker. I rise to present AB 1996, which aims to improve the response to the opioid overdoses by expanding the accessibility to opioid antagonists for stadiums, concert venues and amusement parks. Fentanyl overdoses at large entertainment gatherings are widespread. There are many tragic stories of fentanyl laced substances and individuals being injected against their will.
- Juan Alanis
Legislator
One tragic example was the needle spiking case at a concert in 2021, where eight attendees died and hundreds were injured that night. Many of those who survived were administered narcan Members, your support on this Bill today will make our community safer and I respectfully ask for your I vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you Mister Alanis. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Aye 61 no zero measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving to file item 51, AB 2022 by Assembly Member Addis.
- Jim Wood
Person
The Clerk will read Assembly Bill 2022 by Assembly Member Addis and others and acclaim to mobile home parks.
- Dawn Addis
Legislator
Assembly Member Addis thank you Mister Speaker. I rise today to bring you AB 2022, which strengthens emergency preparedness in mobile home parks across California. The Central coast, especially my district, was hit hard by last year's winter storms, with many counties in the region being declared major disaster areas.
- Dawn Addis
Legislator
With severe weather emergencies increasing in frequency, it is critical that we ensure our constituents have comprehensive emergency preparedness plans in place.
- Dawn Addis
Legislator
I have worked with Committee staff to take amendments aimed at addressing the concerns expressed by opposition, specifically clarifying the responsibility of park owners and emergency designees during evacuation, addressing concerns about park owner liability and requiring the Housing Department to post the new regulations on their websites so that park owners are made aware of the changes prior to them becoming effective.
- Dawn Addis
Legislator
AB 2022 will help protect residents and our neighbors. And with that, I respectfully ask for.
- Jim Wood
Person
Your aye vote Mister Rodriguez.
- Freddie Rodriguez
Person
Thank you Mister speaker and Members to that rising your support AB 2022 and would like to thank my colleague from Morrow Bay for introducing this measure. As chair of the emergency management Committee, I am focused on ensuring that California can adequately prepare and respond to natural disasters.
- Freddie Rodriguez
Person
In light of increasing threats posed by wildfires, floods and now even tornadoes, it is essential that we ensure mobile home park residents can evacuate quickly and safely from an emergency. AB 2022 will help save lives by making sure some of our most vulnerable citizens are protected when disaster strikes. Thank you.
- Freddie Rodriguez
Person
Once again, I urge your support for AB 2022. Thank you.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you Miss Mayor Rodriguez. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who who desire to vote Clerk will close the roll and tally the vote's eyes 48 knows one measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
We will now move to ahead to file item 297, Assembly Bill 2374 by Assembly Member Haney. The Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 2374 by Assembly Member Haney. An act relating to employment.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member Haney, you are recognized.
- Matt Haney
Legislator
Thank you Mister Speaker and Members. I rise to present AB 2374 which will strengthen California's displaced Janitors Opportunity Act by expanding protections for laid off janitors. In 2002, California passed the displaced janitors opportunity of act to prevent mass layoffs of janitors when there's a change in the staffing agency.
- Matt Haney
Legislator
This Bill will update the act to make sure that we close loopholes and ensure that janitors are not being explored. Will require a newly hired janitorial staffing agency to retain Laidoff janitors for 90 days.
- Matt Haney
Legislator
Close loopholes in the act by removing the exemption for agencies with less than 25 employees and require companies to relay information about newly hired to the newly hired agency. We worked closely with the opposition on recent amendments addressing nearly all their concerns, including their primary one around liability.
- Matt Haney
Legislator
In the senate we will continue to negotiate the outstanding peace and reach an agreement and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seen and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Aye's 42, no's 10. Measure passes. Moving to file item 53. AB 2047 by Assembly Member Mike Fong. Clerk will read.
- Jim Wood
Person
Clerk will read.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Bill 2047 by Assembly Member Mike Fong. An accolade to the public post secondary education Member.
- Mike Fong
Legislator
Fong thank you, Mister speaker and Members. Earlier this year, the Assembly Higher Education Committee released a report called a call to action, an assessment of how our public higher education institutions are doing in preventing sex discrimination and harassment. The report found that our institutions are lacking in monitoring compliance with federal title 9 law and state law.
- Mike Fong
Legislator
Sexual harassment in all forms is an effort to our values, impacting the lives of everyone, not just those who are survivors. Sexual harassment on college campuses denies student access to educational equality, which is their constitutional right. Sexual harassment is a form of discrimination that has no place in our public higher education institutions.
- Mike Fong
Legislator
Together with 10 other Members, we introduced a call to action Bill package to strengthen sex discrimination and sexual harassment policies. Oversight and Accountability Assembly Bill 2047 is the first of two bills that I have introduced. This Bill will establish a system wide office of civil rights at the California State University and the University of California.
- Mike Fong
Legislator
The system wide office will be tasked with monitoring each campus to ensure effective actions are taken to adequately prevent and address sexual harassment on campus, with ultimate goal of preventing a reoccurrence.
- Mike Fong
Legislator
The provisions with Assembly Bill 2047 are based on best practices established by the US Department of Justice and the US Department of Education Office for Civil Rights.
- Mike Fong
Legislator
Assembly Bill 2047 will provide the necessary structure for UC and CSU campuses to address sexual harassment in a manner that will restore educational equity and have positive impacts on the health and wellbeing of our students and staff Members.
- Mike Fong
Legislator
I urge you to stand with our survivors and extend support to those who are on the front lines of this life changing work on our campuses. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Mike Fong
Legislator
Thank you, Assembly Member Fong. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes. Aye's, 60. No's, 0. Measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving to file item 54, AB 2048 by Assembly Member Mike Fong. Clerk will read.
- Committee Secretary
Person
Assembly Bill 2048 by Assembly Member Mike Fong, an act relating to community colleges.
- Mike Fong
Legislator
Thank you, Mister Speaker and Members. The Bill I presented just addressed sex discrimination and harassment policies at the UC and CSU. This Bill, Assembly Bill 2048, addresses the California Community Colleges. As detailed in the Committee's call to action report, unlike the UC and CSU, the California Community Colleges do not have a system-wide approach to addressing sexual harassment, and instead are relying on local governing boards to adopt policies that align with state and federal laws.
- Mike Fong
Legislator
Providing consistent oversight for addressing sexual discrimination across our community colleges will require a different approach due to the system's unique governance structure.
- Mike Fong
Legislator
Assembly Bill 2048 establishes a working group of students, faculty, staff and administrators who will work collaboratively to examine existing policies and provide recommendations for improvements on how our campuses are detecting, addressing, and preventing sexual harassment. This working group will submit a report to the Legislature with its findings and recommendations by February st1, 2026.
- Mike Fong
Legislator
Assembly Bill 2048 represents a collaborative and meaningful approach to reforming how sexual harassment is addressed on our community colleges campuses. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you, Mister Fong. Assembly Member Alvarez, you are recognized.
- David Alvarez
Legislator
Yeah, I know it's late, but I do want to acknowledge the work of our colleague, Chair of Higher Education. This is a very serious issue and thank you. Please join me in thanking him for his work on Title IX issues. Thank you, Chairman Fong.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. Tally the vote. Ayes 65, noes zero. Measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving to file item 55, Assembly Bill 2054 by the Member from Orinda.
- Jim Wood
Person
Clerk will read Assembly Bill 2054 by Assembly Member Bauer Cahan and accolade to.
- Jim Wood
Person
Energy Assembly Member Bauer-Kahan.
- Rebecca Bauer-Kahan
Legislator
Thank you Mister speaker and Members. I am proud to present AB 2054, a Bill that will lower your constituents utility rates. It will do so by making sure the PUC commissioners do not have conflict of interests and by putting some accountability on balancing accounts, which are the single largest contributing factor to PG E's rising distribution costs.
- Rebecca Bauer-Kahan
Legislator
With that, I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote Clerk will close the roll and tally the vote's eyes. 42 noes eight measure passes. Moving to file item 56. Assembly Bill 2088 by Assemblymember Mccarty Clerk.
- Jim Wood
Person
Will read Assembly Bill 2088 by Assemblymember Mccarty and accolade in the classified employees.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Member McCarty, you are recognized.
- Kevin McCarty
Person
Thank you Mister speaker. This is a Bill to give classified employees the right of first refusal when a new job posting is opened at their school district or community college district.
- Kevin McCarty
Person
We improved upon this Bill from last year, took amendments suggested by the Administration, and this will ensure that people working part time job don't have to leave work to go work at McDonald's. They can maybe have a full time job at a local community college district or school district. Respectfully ask for your I vote thank you.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you Mister Mccarty. Seeing and hearing no further debate. The Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote Clerk will close the roll.
- Jim Wood
Person
Tally the votes eyes 46 no's nine measure passes moving to file item 57 AB 2103 by Assemblymember Pellerin the Clerk.
- Jim Wood
Person
Will read Assembly Bill 2103 by Assembly Member Pelerin and others enacting state parks.
- Gail Pellerin
Legislator
Member Pellerin thank you, Mister speaker and Members. Following the devastating CZU Lightning complex wildfire in my district, which burned across the entirety of Big Basin Redwood State park and portions of surrounding parks in 2020, the California Department of Parks and Recreation initiated a planning process to reimagine Big Basin redwoods, California's oldest state park.
- Gail Pellerin
Legislator
In this effort, state parks has partnered with various conservation organizations to identify and evaluate land parcels that are essential to improving forest health to transfer those parcels to state parks for long term preservation.
- Gail Pellerin
Legislator
The current process of state land acquisition, which requires approval by the Public Works Board and Department of General Services, is often delayed, making conservation organizations wait months or even years to transfer property and creates a lot of uncertainty.
- Gail Pellerin
Legislator
AB 2103 will help provide certainty to acquisition partners by adding property acquired for big basin Redwoods Anya Nuevo Butano state parks to the list of exemptions from the state park's board process.
- Gail Pellerin
Legislator
By speeding up the land acquisition process, this Bill will serve as a model for permanently protecting lands for conservation, cultural and recreational purposes, as well as helping us meet our climate goals. I respectfully ask your I vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote Clerk will close the roll and tally the vote's eyes. 58 noes one measure passes.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving to file item 58 AB 2104 by assemblymember Soria Clerk will read Assembly.
- Jim Wood
Person
Bill 2104 by Assembly Member Soria and others, and accurately in the post secondary.
- Jim Wood
Person
Education Assembly Member Soria, you are recognized.
- Esmeralda Soria
Legislator
Thank you, Mister speaker and Members. AB 21004 will help address our healthcare workforce shortage and improve the access and affordability of a nursing degree by establishing a pilot program allowing up to 10 community college districts to establish nursing bachelor programs.
- Esmeralda Soria
Legislator
One of the most significant consequences of the of Covid-19 of the Covid-19 pandemic in California has been an unprecedented nursing shortage. California is projected to be short over 44,000 registered nurses by 2030. That's just in six years.
- Esmeralda Soria
Legislator
This shortage is felt the hardest in rural areas like the Central Valley, where we've already seen Madera Community Hospital close, in part due to its lack of available medical personnel and in heavily reliance of traveler nurses, which are much more expensive.
- Esmeralda Soria
Legislator
While our exceptional community college system has provided many students with an associate's degree in nursing, our healthcare system more frequently demands a bachelor's degree. While our rural students would love to complete their education at a CSU campus, they don't always have transportation to reach those schools, and when they do, there may not be slots available.
- Esmeralda Soria
Legislator
It's all too common for our most promising students uprooting their lives to go to schools in other parts of the state and ever coming back or attending a closer private University where they're burdened with huge amount of debt. Our community colleges are the most affordable and accessible higher education option for our California students.
- Esmeralda Soria
Legislator
They are part of the solution to our healthcare workforce shortage. They are ready to help us meet this challenge. All we have to do is let them do it.
- Esmeralda Soria
Legislator
AB 2100 and four does this by directing the community college chancellor's office to select up to 10 community college districts to participate in a pilot project to offer a bachelor's degree in nursing. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Blanca Pacheco
Legislator
Assembly Member Pacheco thank you Mister speaker and Members. Today I rise in support and as a proud co author of AB 2104. This bill is about access. Our California community colleges are designed to meet students in the communities where they live and at a price they can afford.
- Blanca Pacheco
Legislator
They are the gateway for so many of our most impoverished students to a college education and a promising career in a field they love. Our community colleges have a statewide reach our other systems do not have, and not just geographically, but economically as well, reaching our poorest and most disadvantaged communities.
- Blanca Pacheco
Legislator
If we are truly going to address the statewide nursing crisis, we need to enlist the help of a higher education system with a truly statewide reach. I want to thank my colleague from Merced for bringing this important bill forward, and I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you, Assembly Member Pacheco. Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. We'll close the roll. Tally the votes. Ayes 57 no zero measure passes. Moving to file item 60.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Bill 2125 by Assemblymember Garcia.
- Jim Wood
Person
Clerk will read Assembly Bill 2125 by Assembly Member Garcia and appreciating to.
- Jim Wood
Person
Courts so may Member Garcia.
- Eduardo Garcia
Person
Thank you Mister speaker. The bill amendments that were taken appropriations. Narrowed down the scope to a study bill. The study will be around the issue of judicial officers prejudice and conflict of interest. Respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes ayes 58 nos. Zero measure passes pass and retain on items file items 61 and 62.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving to file item 63. AB 2298 by assemblymember Hart.
- Jim Wood
Person
The Clerk will read Assembly Bill 2298 by Assembly Member Hart and others an act relating to coastal resources.
- Gregg Hart
Legislator
Assembly Member Hart, you are recognized. Thank you Mister speaker. Last month, a dead gray whale washed ashore in the Bay Area. Scientists found that the 40 foot adult whale had injuries consistent with blunt floors trauma from a vessel strike. The injuries found on the gray whale underscore the relentless challenges these endangered species face across the globe.
- Gregg Hart
Legislator
In addition to the threat of ship strikes, shipping noise can disrupt whale navigation, feeding patterns, and social interactions. Research points toward a very straightforward but impactful solution, slowing down ships AB 2298 will establish the California Protecting blue whales and blue skies, a statewide voluntary vessel speed reduction program.
- Gregg Hart
Legislator
The legislation will provide shipping companies with formal recognition and endorsement from the State of California for slowing their speed to less than 10 knots, reducing emissions and safeguarding whales. AB 2298 will help prevent boat strikes, reduce disruptive noise that hampers whale communication and Low in carbon emissions along the coast.
- Gregg Hart
Legislator
The Bill has no opposition and I respectfully request an I vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who decides desire to vote? All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll tally the votes I 64 no zero measure passes. Moving to file item 65. AB 2360 by Assembly Member Rendon.
- Jim Wood
Person
Clerk will read Assembly Bill 2360 by Assembly Member Rendon and applicant to Developmental Services.
- Anthony Rendon
Person
Assembly Member Rendon, you are recognized. Thank you Mister Speaker. AB 2360 would help the family Members of children with intellectual and developmental or IDD, by establishing a pilot program to provide them with counseling and supportive services. This will promote a more stable home environment for all Members of a family who care for a special needs individual.
- Jim Wood
Person
Thank you Mister Rendon. And seeing in hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote Clerk will close the roll tally the votes. Aye 62 no zero measure passes. Moving to file item 66.
- Jim Wood
Person
AB 2387 by assemblymember Pellerin.
- Jim Wood
Person
The Clerk will read Assembly Bill 2387 by Assemblymember Pellerin and acclimating to mobile home parks.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assemblymember Pelerin thank you Mister speaker.
- Gail Pellerin
Legislator
Members in some areas, local permitting processes and and excessive fees charged for adding lots in existing mobile home parks can reach the tens of thousands of dollars per lot being added, making the addition of lots and mobile home parks cost prohibitive.
- Gail Pellerin
Legislator
AB 2387 allows California's existing mobile home parks to apply to local enforcement agencies to increase their number of lots by up to 10% and incentivizes increases in mobile home spaces by exempting added spaces from additional business taxes and local fees.
- Gail Pellerin
Legislator
The latest amendments reflect protections for sensitive areas and clarify that added units will not remove units from local rent control measures. The Bill enjoyed bipartisan support, unanimous support and Committee and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the Clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll. Tally the votes aye 63 no zero measure passes moving to file item 67 AB 2398 by Assembly Member Karl.
- Jim Wood
Person
The clerk will read.
- Reading Clerk
Person
Assembly Bill 2398 by Assemblymember Kalra and others, an act relating to the California State University.
- Jim Wood
Person
Mr. Kalra.
- Ash Kalra
Legislator
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. AB 2398 would require the California State University system to conduct an external audit of each of its campuses by January 1, 2028. It would also require all audits of the CSU system or its campuses to be made available to the public. Currently, the CSU system conducts an external system-wide audit each year. It also conducts smaller, irregular audits of various programs operated by individual campuses. However, it does not conduct standalone external audits of each of its 23 campuses.
- Ash Kalra
Legislator
While existing audits contain some information regarding each campus's financial status and activities, they do not constitute the full inspection that would be offered by a complete campus-level audit. By requiring an audit of each CSU campus, AB 2398 will shed light on the CSU system's financial health and help us make better decisions that will positively impact faculty, students, and the CSU system as a whole. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- Jim Wood
Person
Seeing and hearing no further debate, the clerk will open the roll. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll.
- Jim Wood
Person
Tally the votes. Aye 61 no zero measure passes moving to Senate third reading file items 317319 pass and retain Members. We will now move to the second day consent calendar. Before we vote, we will take first take up resolutions on the consent calendar for the purpose of adding co authors. The Clerk will read the resolutions on.
- Jim Wood
Person
The consent calendar Assembly Concurrent Resolutions Resolution 199 by Assemblymember Alalese relative to National Missing Children's Day Assembly concurrent Resolution 200 by Assemblymember Joan Sawyer and others relative to Hypertension Awareness Month and Assembly concurrent Resolution 201 by Assembly Member Alanis relative to building safety, Clerk will now open.
- Jim Wood
Person
The roll to allow any Member to add on as a co author to the resolutions. Members this vote is for co authors. All Members vote who desired to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote. All Members vote who desire to vote. Clerk will close the roll. There are 68 co authors added.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving to a vote on the consent calendar is any item Member wish to remove an item from the consent calendar. Seeing none hearing none, Clerk will read the second day consent calendar.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Bill 2698 by Assembly Member Ta and appreciate highways.
- Jim Wood
Person
Clerk will open the roll on the consent calendar. All those vote who desire to vote all those vote who desire to vote. All those votes who desire to vote, Clerk will close the roll and tally the votes on the consent calendar. Aye 61 nos zero consent calendar is adopted.
- Jim Wood
Person
The Clerk will read the remaining items on the consent calendar.
- Jim Wood
Person
Assembly Bill 2324 aye 61 no zero Assembly Concurrent resolution 199 aye 61 no zero Assembly Concurrent resolution 200 aye 61 no zero Assembly Concurrent resolution 201 aye 61 no zero Senate Concurrent resolution 118 aye 61 no zero Senate Concurrent Resolution 121 aye 61 no zero Senate Concurrent resolution 125 aye 61 no zero Senate Concurrent Resolution 126 aye 61 no zero Senate Concurrent Resolution 127 aye 61 nozzle Senate Concurrent Resolution 128 aye 61 no zero Senate Concurrent Resolution 129 aye 61 no zero Senate Concurrent Resolution 130 aye 61 no zero Senate Concurrent Resolution 133 aye 61 no zero Senate Concurrent Resolution 134 aye 61 no zero Senate Concurrent Resolution 135 aye 61 no zero Senate Concurrent resolution 138 aye 61 no zero and Senate Concurrent Resolution 140 aye.
- Jim Wood
Person
61 no zero the majority leader is recognized for her announcement. Members, please, your attention.
- Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Legislator
All right, guess what the bingo number is this time. Okay, Members, today we dispense with 211 items. That means that we have around 90 items to dispense with before this week's deadline. Thank you for your diligent work, and please be on time tomorrow so we can quickly finish our remaining business.
- Jim Wood
Person
Moving to announcements as we get closer to our House of origin deadline, Members, please be ready to take up your bills tomorrow unless you'd like to be here late on Friday. I don't think you do. Session schedule is as follow. Thursday, May 23 floor Session 10:00 A.m. sharp, please.
- Jim Wood
Person
All other items will remaining will be passed and retained. All motion shall be continued. Seeing and hearing no further business I'm ready to entertain a motion to adjourn. Miss Aguiar Curry moves Miss Dixon seconds that this house stands adjourned until tomorrow morning, Thursday, May 23 at 10:00 a.m. quorum call is lifted and the house is adjourned.
- Rebecca Bauer-Kahan
Legislator
Is David ready? Bauer-Kahan AB 3253 no to aye.
- Jim Wood
Person
Vote change Assemblymember Bauer Cahan Assembly Bill 3253 no to aye Ting vote change.
- Unidentified Speaker
Person
AB 2322 from no to aye.
- Jim Wood
Person
Vote change Assemblymember Ting Assembly Bill 2322 no to aye Gibson vote change AB 2690 from aye to not voting vote change Assembly Member Gibson Assembly Bill 2690 aye to not voting.
- Blanca Pacheco
Legislator
Davies vote change AB 2711 aye to no.
- Jim Wood
Person
Vote change Assemblymember Davies Assembly Bill 20711 aye to no Sanchez vote change.
- Unidentified Speaker
Person
File 3133160 no to abstain file item 17.
- Jim Wood
Person
Vote change Assembly Member Sanchez Assembly Bill 3160 no to not voting file item 17.
- Unidentified Speaker
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AB 3239 yes to abstain.
- Jim Wood
Person
Sanchez Assembly Bill 3239 aye to not voting.
- Unidentified Speaker
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Hello. And for my last vote. Change. File item 278 AB 2692 Papan aye to not voting vote change assemblymember Joan Sawyer Assembly Bill 2692 aye to not voting Chen AB 3256 aye to not voting vote change Assembly Member Chen Assembly 3256 aye to not voting.
- Unidentified Speaker
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Vote change AB 1960 aye to no.
- Jim Wood
Person
Voting vote change Assembly Member Haney Assembly Bill 1960 aye to not voting.
- Unidentified Speaker
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Vote. Change Haney AB 1809 aye to not.
- Jim Wood
Person
Voting vote change Assembly Member Haney Assembly Bill 1809 aye to not voting.
- Unidentified Speaker
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McKenna file number 102 AB 1794 aye to.
- Jim Wood
Person
Not voting vote change assemblymember McKenna Assembly Bill 1794 aye to not voting on.
- Unidentified Speaker
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File number 309 AB 2943 aye to not voting.
- Jim Wood
Person
McKenna Assembly Bill 2943 aye to not voting Correction Assembly Bill 2933 aye to not voting Correction Assembly Bill 2943 aye to not voting.
- Gregg Hart
Legislator
Vote change AB 2088 aye.
- Jim Wood
Person
To not voting vote change assemblymember Hart Assembly Bill 2088 aye to not voting.
- David Alvarez
Legislator
Hello Alvarez vote change Assembly Bill 20519 no to aye.
- Jim Wood
Person
Vote Change Assembly Member Alvarez Assembly Bill 20519 no to aye.
- Diane Dixon
Legislator
Yes Misses Dixon vote change AB 2135 aye.
- Jim Wood
Person
To not voting vote change assemblymember Dixon Assembly Bill 2135 aye to not.
- Unidentified Speaker
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Voting all right, I have two more Dixon again vote change AB 3239 aye.
- Jim Wood
Person
To not voting Dixon Assembly Bill 3239 aye to not voting and my last.
- Unidentified Speaker
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One Dixon AB 2300 I to no.
- Jim Wood
Person
Dixon Assembly Bill 2300 aye to no.
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